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TOURISTS’ MANUAL 

AND BOOK OF INFORMATION 


OF VALUE TO ALL 

Bieyelers 








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(Compliments of 

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221 COLUMBUS AVENUE 
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Copyright, 1892, 


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PRESS OF A. J. PHILPOTT & CO., 
54 PEARL ST., BOSTON, MASS. 


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CONTENTS. 


TOURING AWHEEL. . 

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6 

STARTING OUT 

• 

• 

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IS 

HOW TO BREATHE . 


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20 

NEW ENGLAND . 

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• 


21 

SELECTION OF MACHINE . 

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41 

THE VALUE OF OWNING A 

COLUMBIA 


62 

ROAD RACING . . 

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67 

TRAINING FOR BICYCLE RACES . 

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74 

RECORDS .... 

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81 

LADIES’ RIDING . 

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84 

DRESS 

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88 

THE EFFECTS OF CYCLING 

ON THE 

HEALTH . 

94 

ETIQUETTE OF THE ROAD 

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RIGHTS OF WAY . 

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lOI 

IT IS NOT A DREAM. — A BICYCLING 

SKETCH . 

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0 tour abroad, to be able 
to walk large ” over the 
earth’s surface is the great- 
est pleasure afforded by the 
modern bicycle. Such use of the wheel 
is a promoter of health, arouses all the 
faculties to increased activity, and puts 
the mind and body in the best condition to 
enjoy to the utmost the beauties of nature, and 
the creations of man. No more-pleasant vaca- 
tion can be taken than a two-weeks’ — or more, 
if one is so fortunate — trip over the highways 
and byways of the country, in company with 
congenial companions. 

But to derive the greatest amount of pleas- 



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6 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


ure and benefit from such an outing, some lit- 
tle forethought is necessary in the way of 
preparation. It is highly important to begin 
with, that your general health should be in a 
fairly satisfactory condition. It is not at all 
necessary to undergo a course of athletic train- 
ing before venturing on such an excursion, but 
a little preliminary daily out-of-door exercise 
for about a fortnight will be found productive 
of much good. A wise man need not be told 
that if he is likely to need the services of his 
dentist, before, not after, the trip, is the proper 
time. I had this fact most forcibly impressed 
upon me while touring with a companion in 
lower Canada. For five days he suffered un- 
told misery from a tooth that had long before 
warned him of its condition. With swollen 
jaws he painfully pedalled through a beautiful 
and interesting country, unable to eat aught 
but spoon victuals,” and taking no interest 
in anything save diminishing the distance be- 
tween himself and a knight of the forceps. 

But we will take it for granted that these 
matters have been duly attended to, and come 
to the next step in the program. This step, in 
my opinion, backed by long experience, should 
be the careful planning out of the route. On 


TOURING AWHEEL, 


7 


this, more than anything else, depends the suc- 
cess or failure of the whole affair. If the 
country to be traversed is known to you, well 
and goodj but if it is an unknown region, too 
much labor can hardly be put into this feature. 
Post yourself from every available source of 
information, as to distances between the vari- 
ous objective points, condition of roads, objects 
of interest to be seen, and the history of the 
prominent places or objects en route. Layout 
a daily itinerary and keep to it unless good 
and sufficient reasons should dictate otherwise. 
By so doing you will accomplish the tour on 
time, and will not be obliged to spend precious 
moments hunting for information which should 
have been secured before starting, or worrying 
for fear that your time will give out and that 
you will be obliged to resort to the steam-cars, 
before the final objective point is reached. I 
am aware that some may differ with me regard- 
ing a daily itinerary, claiming that to start out 
with only a general idea of the route to be 
pursued, and to spend the time as inclination 
may prompt or energy demand — and not to 
be restricted to just so much each day — is the 
only true way to thoroughly enjoy a tour. 
This sounds well, and might work well in some 


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TOURISTS^ MANUAL, 

cases j but the chances are against it, especially 
when time and money are limited. 

To begin with, if you are touring in com- 
pany with others — and there are few who 
care to take a solitary outing — and no posi- 
tive route or time limit has been decided upon 
before, it would not be long ere disagreements 
would occur on these very points, and many a 
time has it ended in an abandonment of the 
trip, or a separation ; the whole affair ending 
in failure and disappointment. 

While in Paris last summer I met a young 
man, who a montli previous had left America 
with a comjDanion, intending to do ” Europe 
aAvheel, but with only a general idea as to 
route and time. On reaching London, his 

companion, who had become somewhat dis- 

0 

gusted by a week of rainy weather, and enam- 
ored with the gayeties of the great city, 
concluded that London was good enough for 
him, and declined to go on. Left alone the 
younof man had wheeled to Newhaven, crossed 
to France and started for Paris. ^^If you want 
my opinion,” said he, ^^as to the acme of lone- 
someness, I say it is reached when one gets 
into a country where the language is one he 
cannot understand. I got lost several times, 


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TOURING AWHEEL. 9 

and finally found myself in Amiens, many 
miles out of the way. I had good weather 
and fine roads, but there was no pleasure in 
wheeling* alone, not knowing half tlie time 
whether or not I was on the right road, and I 
had lost four days by going wrong. So I 
trained from there to Paris and yesterday 
I sold my wheel, invested in a Cook circular- 
tour ticket, and am going to travel with some 
one who can talk Enolish.” 

O 

Last August three Portland gentlemen, thor- 
ough wheelmen, and used to touring, decided 
on a trip to the Adirondacks without taking 
the trouble to look up the condition of the 
roads in that section of the country. These 
proved to be about as bad as one can imagine, 
and it soon became more of a pedestrian tour 
than a bicycle trip. Being men of pluck and 
unity of mind they went over the route, as 
originally planned, but with little of the enjoy- 
ment that is expected on a bicycle tour. 
Hence, I say, lay out your route with care 
and be prepared for all difficulties that are 
likely to be encountered. 

The above matters having been decided, the 
question is : What shall we wear, what shall 

we carry, and how shall we carry it ?” 


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TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


Firsts I advise that the intending tourist 
array himself in all-wool underclothing, a pair 
of loose knickerbockers (similar in appearance 
to those worn by base-ball players), not quite 
so baggy,” but not the tight knee-pants 
affected by most American riders. The loosely- 
fitting knickerbockers are more comfortable in 
every way, and as to looks, why that’s all a 
mere matter of taste. In Europe the tight- 
panted Americans are looked upon by the 
natives as being very queerly dressed for tour- 
ists ; their idea of such a costume being 
associated with acrobats and racing men. 
A stout flannel shirt should be worn, and 
any kind of head-gear that you may decide 
to be the most comfortable. An easy fitting 
shoe is of great importance, and if the trip 
is to be an extended one, the soles should 
be of extra thickness. Thick soles, in my 
opinion, are better for cycling, without re- 
gard to distances to be covered. A bicycle 
jacket of stout cloth, and of a color that 
will not easily show every dirt spot — I know 
nothino' better than the L. A. W. cloth — 

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completes a comfortable tourist costume. 

What to carrv/’ now commands attention. 
To begin with, mak^ up your mind to carry 


ro VRING A WHEEL. 1 1 

just as little as possible, leaving out everything 
that might come in handy,” and taking only 
what you are sure to need. The necessary 
luofraofe for a tour I consider as follows : a 
complete change of underflannels, extra pair 
of stockings, flannel shirt, and toilet articles. 
To these maybe added a sweater,” if touring 
in the fall of the year, or if the route takes 
you over the mountains where cold winds are 
prevalent. Rubber garments are a delusion 
and a snare ; if made of thin material, they are 
not waterproof save in very light showers, and 
if thick enough to shed the rain, they are so 
heating, and one perspires so copiously, that he 
might as well have submitted to a ducking 
from the clouds, and taken some comfort while 
the operation Avas in progress. Better by far, 
when caught in a shower to put her through ” 
till shelter is reached, and then send the Avet 
garments to the laundry. This is one of the 
times when the SAveater comes in handy, since 
it takes the place of the -bicycle jacket while 
that garment is being dried before the fire. 
The only rubber garments Avorth taking along 
are rubber sleeves either buttoned, or made 
tight about the Avrist by elastic. The arms, 
from their position Avhen holding on to the 


12 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


handle bar, receive more of a wetting than any 
other part of the body, and can thus be pro- 
tected without discomfort and some benefit. 

What is to be carried, save possibly the 
toilet articles, should be neatly rolled in a piece 
of enamel cloth, and put on one of the bicycle 
luo’o’ao’e-carriers now on the market. Be sure 
and get a carrier that fastens to the head of 
the wheel. This is the best place for the 
bundle, since the Aveight is felt less there than 
elsewhere, and the package cannot droj3 oft* 
without your noticing it. There is, hoAvever, 
a most excellent little carrier that is very neat 
and handy and which fastens on behind the 
saddle, on which small packages, such as a case 
containing toilet articles, can be taken. It is 
called the Barkman ” carrier, and is a most 
useful auxiliary when touring. I have seen 
many schemes put in practice for carrying* a 
camera, but none of them Avere very satisfac- 
tory. If placed Avhere they are subjected to 
jar, they sometimes shake to pieces, and if car- 
ried over the shoulder, thus preventing all 
jarring, they are ahvays in the Avay, and a bur- 
den. Nevertheless, the pictures are pleasant 
souvenirs of a tour, and one must decide for 
hunself if they are Avorth the trouble. If cities 


TOURING AWHEEL. 


13 


or large towns are included in the route^ where 
a stop of a day pr two is to be made for sight- 
seeing or calling on friends^ it is a good plan 
to forward by express a citizen’s suit to meet 
you on arrival. The change will be pleasant, 
and one can go about the streets with less con- 
sciousness of his personal appearance than if 
dressed in a travel-stained bicycle suit. A cos- 
tume that looks well and proper while on the 
road is hardly the thing in which to attend 
church or enter a drawing-room. 

As to your mount, I can only say that if 
you intend buying a wheel, do not run after 
strange gods,” and purchase some new aspir- 
ant for patronage just because some racing 
man has made a marvellous record on it. A 
racing wheel and one adapted to touring are 
• two widely different articles. Changes are 
being made in tires, springs, etc., even while I 
am writing this, and much depends on your 
weight, and the care or lack of care which you 
bestow on your wheel. But it is good advice, 
I think, to say that you had better put your 
trust in one of the lonof established makers. 
All that money and experience can do toward 
producing a reliable wheel has been done by 
them, and they have every reason to mount 


14 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


you well, and are able and willing to stand 
behind the product of their faeiories. 

Between forty and fifty pounds is a good 
Aveight for a touring wheel. If your Avheel 
has been run one or more seasons, and the 
trip is to be an extended one, better send it to 
the factory, or the next best place, and have 
it thoroughly overhauled. 

Everything is now ready, and Avith good 
Aveather and pleasant companions you Avill 
have a very enjoyable trij^. 

Frank A. Elwell, 



I 


STARTING OUT. 


HEN a man starts out on a 
railroad journey he expects the 
railroad company to not only 
provide the best and safest 
rollinof stock but to see that 
it is kept in perfect order. 

Men are stationed at certain points whose 
duty it is to look over — and under — every 
car that comes in ; test the wheels ; feel of the 
parallel bearings;, screw up the loose nuts if 
any ; put in some more oil, etc., etc. Neglect- 
ing to do any of these things lays the company 
liable for any damage that might be sustained 
by a passenger. * 

This same passenger, who is so ready to sue 
a railroad company, is liable to neglect some 
of the most ordinary precautions, inexcusa- 
ble in a railroad company.” But when it 

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16 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL, 


comes to his own bicycle^ lie is sometimes crimi- 
nally careless. 

A nut begins to work loose. Does he notice 
it? Not he ! He starts oft* on the road with 
all the childlike confidence that he was born 
with. The machine can’t need oil, for it 
hasn’t squeaked. He is just out of oil any- 
way, but will get some when he goes to town ” 
— if he don’t forget it — and meanwhile those 
little balls grind around in a paste made of 
sand mixed Avith what was once oil. If the 
machine is of the best quality — and all ma- 
chines are — ^he takes a dollar out of it for 
every cent he saves in oil and attention. 

These matters are very important when the 
rider is ^Hdose to shore,” but when he goes out 
into deep water they are vital. 

In the first place, don’t buy a machine unless 
you have the best of reasons for thinking that 
it is a good one. Other things being equal, an 
old established concern should be able to make 
a better Avheel than one with less experience; 
but the safest way, so far as material and 
workmanship are concerned, is to go on the 
maker’s reputation, but ahvays have your eye 
open for weak spots. 

Having gotten your machine of whatever kind 


S TAJ? TING OUT. 


17 


and quality it may be, look it over very carefully 
before starting on a long trip. See that the 
bearings are adjusted properly, always be sure 
that they are not tight enough to prevent per- 
fectly free running, and above all, see that 
every moving surface is thoroughly covered 
with good oil. Don’t be afraid of having the 
oil work out over the machine. There is no 
part of it that can be injured by oil except the 
tires and if the machine is cleaned as often as 
it should be the oil need never get as far. 
Always remember that as long as the oil run- 
ning out of a bearing is black it wants still 
more. There is another very important thing 
not generally appreciated by wheelmen. When 
you are out riding amid the beautiful scenes 
don’t forget the kerosene. Have a can of it in 
your cycle barn, and not less than once a month 
give all the bearings a good allopathic close of 
it. Don’t use turpentine, benzine, or any sim- 
ilar thing, but just plain kerosene — the , ser- 
vant girl’s favorite means of suicide. 

It should not be depended on as a lubricant 
to much extent, though in a one-mile race 
I would advise the copious use of it and 
nothing else, and you would be surprised to 
know of the close finishes that mio^ht have 


18 TOURISTS’ MANUAL. 

been won by the other fellow and one tea- 
spoonful of good kerosene oil. 

The little oilers which all furnish with their 
machines are well to have with you on the 
road for short runs, but don’t bother with them 
exceiit on the road. It is too much like eating 
peas with a one-tined fork. Buy a ten cent 
zinc oiler. It Avill hold about one-half pint of 
oil. Keep this in your barn and use it. Then 
keep that old undershirt that you discarded 
last spring where it will be handy to use in 
wiping the oily parts as often as they need it. 

When you go on a long trip^ stick a small 
potato on the nozzle of the zinc can, wrap it 
up in the aforesaid shirt, and take it with you. 

Don’t adjust your chain too tightly. This is 
a common mistake. When a slight pressure is 
on the pedal the loAver side of the chain should 
never sag less than one-half inch, while double 
this amount will do no harm, if the chain and 

sprockets are what they should be. 

$ 

If you Avant to make assurance doubly 
sure,” you miglit take a few extra. balls (for I 
assume that you are afflicted Avith the popular 
contagion), also an extra bearing cone and 
case of each size, for the breaking of a ball may 
also spoil the track. 


STARTING OUT, 


19 


An extra nut of each kind don’t weigh or 
cost miich^ and any thrifty maker would gladly 
furnish them to you at the regular price. If you 
use a cemented tire it might be well to take 


along a little tire tape of the kind that has 

gumstickum ” on it. Also a small quantity 
of strons: fine cord. 

You should have a good wrench^ a screw- 
driver and pocket-knife, and, like the poor, 
have them always with you.” A large, light 
waterproof cape is a good thing to have on the 
road, and will he found more useful than a 
full-dress suit. 

Always have with you some good woolen 
outergarment. A knit- 
ted sweater ” Avill do 
thouofh a coat is looked 
upon with more favor, 
especially in agricultur- 
al circles. 

Be careful what you 
eat and drink — especi- 
ally the latter. Don’t 
swear. Take a dog paralyzer and a copy of 
Elliott’s Old Hickory Almanac, and you will 
get through in good shape. 

Sterling Elliott. 






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Mrs. Henrietta Russell. Lift up your 
chest. Lift the chest, keeping the 
shoulders down, until it is on a line with the 
toes, and thus throw the tension on the centre 
of the body where it should be, leaving the 
heart and lungs to have free play. Close the 
lips, draw the air in through the nostrils until 
a pressure against the ribs is intolerable. 
Hold the tension firmly, steadily, as long as 
you can, then gradually let the breath out 
through the lips. Try this breathing, inspira- 
tion, retension, and expiration when the body 
is free, in the morning Avhen you dress. This 
lesson in correct breathing when throughly 
learned, is a certain cure for nervousness and 
shyness, and gives command and freedom of 
motion, and sense of power to the most self- 
conscious and hesitant natures.” 


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ged coast with grand and picturesque con- 
trasts of sea and land : from the interior, with 
its rivers, lakes and mountains, is stretched the 
warm hand of welcome to lovers of nature 
unadorned, and the disciples of the rod and 
gun. The beaten paths of its travel are but 
a step removed from the leafy by-ways which 
open up a virgin Avorld. For ease of access, 
facilities of inter-state journey, excellence of 
hotels and fairness of roads, Maine leaves 
little to be desired. In this article, which 
is for the tourist wholly, nothing but a pass- 
ing notice need be taken of those hotels 
which cater to the business roving public : 
at best they serve him as a convenient resting 
place only, as he wings his flight beyond the 
thought or sound of trade. By some strange 



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coincidence the average summer resort hotel 
seems to he located anywhere from one to a 
dozen miles from the most attractive nooks of 
nature in its neighborhood ; stranger still is 
the fact that in connection with most of them 
is a livery more or less first class in its turn- 
outs^ and invariably so in its prices. Wliether 
or not this peculiarity of location and livery is 
too remarkable to be a coincidence only a 
thorough knowledge of the law of probabilities 
can determine. However^ it is of little 
moment to the lucky itinerant awheel. This 
fortunate individual is supremely indej)endent 
of the all powerful Jehu who is a sort of mod- 
ern ogre to those avIio are dependent upon his 
kingly whims. It is beyond my comprehen- 
sion why so few of the great army of vacation 
vaoTants are oblivious to this fascinatiup; 
adjunct to their enjoyment, — a bicycle. It 
puts them in touch with a thousand phases of 
nature’s loveliness, of which otherwise they 
must remain ignorant. It stands ready at 
hand, never obtruding itself, and yet it bears 
one swiftly and silently over highways impass- 
able to a coach and four and where the feet 
would tire. I know of no aspect of a ramb- 
ling outing which bespeaks more eloquently 


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the zest of “dolcefar mm^6”than to come 
upon a wheelman stretched at his ease on 
the shady shore of some inlet of old ocean^ 
with his steel horse quietly resting against the 
gnarled trunk of a forest monarch : — 

Within his ears, the siren song of the deceitful sea; 

Before his eyes, the untold wealth of nature’s treasury. 

By all means then^ let every tourist take his 
bicycle along with him^ and if he has none^ 
get one^ but let it be a first class one. Then 
whether at mountain^ lake or sea-shore he will 
have a companion which possesses the power 
of infinitely widening the scope and depth of 
his enjoyments. 

Some philosopher has aptly said^ that the 
intuition of the masses was of more value than 
the fine-spun subtleties of pundits. The same 
conclusion might justly be applied to wheels. 
Go where you may^ and take Avhat wheel you 
will^ there will be but one question asked^ and 
that is^ ^^Is it a Columbia?’’ Verhum sajj- 
The Maine Division of American Wheelmen 
publish a road-book of the State giving places 
of interest, routes and hotel rates. It may be 
procured by application to the secretary of the 
division, Portland, Maine. 

The touring cycler should not plan a trip 


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through Maine with the expectation of finding 
sandpapered ” roads^ because he would be 
grievously disappointed. Maine roads are dirt 
roads, sometimes good, often fair, and in some 
jdaces under certain conditions, unridable. In 
spite of this condition of the higliAvays it is 
possible to plan and carry out pleasant and 
enjoyable tours throughout the State. 

The tourist should, however, if unacquainted 
with the section he wishes to ride through, 
consult some local Avheelman as to choice of 
routes, since it often will be found that the 
direct road will be absolutely impassable owing 
to long stretches of sand, while a slight detour 
would carry one over a good road. The State 
of Maine is symbolical of life in one respect, 
yet, though the cycler finds his way, it has 
many ups and downs there is always conso- 
lation when climbiim a lono- o^rade, in knowino' 
that the coast must follow. 

For picturesque beauty Maine cannot be 
excelled, and many artists recognizing this fact 
annually malve pilgrimages thither. To all 
tourists who appreciate the beauties of nature 
and are willins^ to make a little exertion to 
enjoy them, Maine is worth a visit, and many 
a pleasant and enjoyable vacation could be 


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passed among the hills or along its picturesque 
coast. 

In the extreme eastern portion of the State, 
from Lubec to Aroostook County, the roads 
are very fair and the scenery fine. ElwelFs 

Blue-nose Tour ” was through this section, 
and was made in the old days of high wheels. 
With the modern safety the trip would be eas- 
ier and more enjoyable. 

The middle section, along the Kennebec 
river, will be found also delightful. The 
roads are somewhat hilly, but generally of 
hard bottom, and easily ridden. The beauti- 
ful views to be obtained from the hill to|3S will 
be found well worth the exertion required to 
climb them. 

The numerous summer resorts need no men- 
tion, but at Mt. Desert the wheelman will find 
a fine system of roads all over the island, the 
surface being ex(*e])tionally good (for Maine) 
with wild and picturesque scenery, combining 
sea-coast and mountains. The road from 
Bangor to Mt. Desert is not so good, but is 
generally fair. 

In the Avestern section of the State the roads 

y 

are not up to the average, that is, for any 
extended tour. From Portland going east 


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they are not bacl^ though there are many 
stretches of sand. 

For a distance of twelve to fifteen miles 
from Portland, in any direction, the scenery is 
delightful and tlie roads only fair, but from 
Saco west, the roads will he found very sandy, 
and even walkino^ is hard work. 

O 

The hotels will be found rather better than 
the average, many of the small towns being 
able to furnish first class accommodations to 
the Aveary and hungry cycler, while pleasant 
and social people Avill he met Avith on every 
hand. 

John Calvin Stevens. 

Chief Consul, Maine Division, L. A. W. 


NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

New Hampshire is especially attractive to 
the tourist. From its Avhite croAvned peaks on 
the north and Avest to its Avave-kissed bit of 
shore on the southeast it affords unlimited op- 
portunities for satiating the enthusiastic pleas- 
ure-seeker’s desire. Although possessing but 
eighteen miles of sea-coast, yet that eighteen 
miles abounds in beautiful scenes and deliofht- 
fill retreats, beginning at Hampton Avith its 


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sandy, rocky beach, over which Boar’s Head 
stands as a sentinel, and ending at New Castle, 
so picturesque with its forts, its fishermen’s 
abodes, and its delightful scenery. Standing 
at Boar’s Head, by day you observe Little 
Boar’s Head and the Isles of Shoals, by night 
the great red and wliite revolving light of the 
Shoals startles you on the one side and across 
the broad expanse of water as if in a thought- 
ful mood stand the two silent white beacons 
of Thatcher’s. 

Little Boar’s Head, covered with private 
cottages, is a short and pleasant drive from 
Hampton. It is also scarcely ten minutes 
walk from Rye Beach. This caters to only a 
select class of summer visitors, being somewhat 
exclusive. Very fine roads abound here about, 
in fact the ride from here to New Castle and 
Portsmouth is filled with pretty views. NeAv 
Castle is a delightful place for a sojourn, so 
many interesting, historical and antique feat- 
ures being connected with it. Here are the 
old forts, most notable being Constitution, the 
block house built in one night in the days of 
the Revolution, thereby scaring away the Brit- 
ish gun-boat, which- thought that a force able 
to do this was too large for them to dislodge. 


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Old White-back Light rises from the center 
of the harbor, the life-saving station is always 
an interesting place. Then cross the toll- 
bridge into Portsmouth, Avith dinner at the 
Rockingham, undoubtedly the best hotel in 
NeAv England outside of Boston. 

This is the whole of the sea coast area of 
New Hampshire. Its inland toAvns are simply 
rejiresentative towns of any good country dis- 
trict, each one having one or more induce- 
ments, either historical or natural, for the 
vacationist to stop at and inspect. Probably the 
most attractive, and one which is dear to manv 
a citizen of the United States, is the toAvn of 
Exeter with its Avell laid streets, fringed by 
lofty elms, its well kept grounds and its beau- 
tiful modern residences. This is the seat of 
Phillips Exeter Academy, affording instruction 
to about three hundred and fifty young men 
annually. 

Lake Massebesic, called a lake but in reality 
a pond, is in the suburbs of Manchester. 

When Ave speak of Noav Hampshire, of 
course the first thoimlit is of its White Moun- 

o 

tains, Avith Lake Winnepesaukee adjacent. 
These are too Avell knoAvn to need an extended 
description. The shores of Winnepesaukee are 


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covered with beautiful towns, all of them 
interesting to the tourist, — Wolfboro, The 
Weirs, Tilton, etc. The White Mountains of 
course offer varied attractions : The Flume, 
Profile Lake, Echo Lake, Old Man of the 
Mountains, The Notch and others. In nearly 
every possible niche of the Mountains some 
large hotel is located, surrounded by interest- 
ing bits of scenery. 

The roads in this vicinity will be found 
fairly good for riding. Most of the towns in 
the state have very well-kept streets, but the 
country roads are only fair. In the southeast- 
ern part a great deal of sand is encountered : 
coming up from Haverhill, Mass., through 
Exeter and Epping towards Concord there is a 
large tract of clay soil more or less disagree- 
able in the rainy season. Steep hills abound 
throughout the state, many of them impossible 
to climb and unsafe to coast. Still, in every 
respect. New Hampshire holds her own with 
her sister states. For the pleasure of the tour- 
ist the people will be found hospitable and 
entertaining although somewhat more simple 
and uneducated than in many other sections. 


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VERMONT. 

The old Green Mountain State furnishes 
many pleasant recollections to those who have 
journeyed within its borders, and has much in 
store to please the stranger who may come 
within its gates. Its scenery, while for the 
most part the same as in any mountain region, 
still has much that is in its way novel. Of 
course it has its historical features in Bennino:- 
ton. Lake Champlain, etc. The shores of Lake 
Champlain are covered with beautiful scenery. 
Its mountains present many interesting and 
attractive retreats for the enthusiastic pleasure- 
seeker. The roads are in good condition for 
the most part. 

The rider will observe many antiquated 
customs as he goes along, noticeably the 
fences, covered bridges, etc. The larger 
towns and cities are possessors of good streets, 
but outside in the sparsely settled districts 
they are not very well cared for, although 
for the most part in fair condition, presuma- 
bly from the rocky nature of the country. 

There are of course many hills, most of them 
steep. The rider must use good judgment in 
riding in this State. 


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The people will he found very hospitable 
and very well informed as a rule. The hotels 
are good \ the character of the State appealing 
directly to the vacationist prompts the making 
of room and table attractive. The air is very 
pure and invigorating, a panacea for the over- 
worked business man or for the hay-fever 
sufferer. 


MASSACHUSETTS, 

Massachusetts has so many attractions for 
the tourist to inspect that to see them all and 
to do all justice requires more time than the 
average vacationist can afford to give. From 
Woods Holl on the south to Newburyport on 
the north, the coast forms one continuous line 
of snug harbors, broad beaches and attractive 
country, with many and varied interesting 
features. 

The almost perfect roads of the state are 
well known to all riders either by experience 
or by reputation. Cottage City is the Mecca 
for a large number every year, the dusty pil- 
grims coming awheel from all parts of the 
State. 

Boston is always alive with wheelmen, and 


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it gives them every advantage. Fifty miles 
around the hoys cover many a time during the 
season. The Reservoir at Chestnut Hill^ 
Franklin Park and Bailey’s at Natick are 
great stamping grounds.” 

The historical Lexington, Concord, Bunker 
Hill, Wayside Inn, etc. are of easy access. 
There are a thousand and one places in and 
near Boston that every one wants to see, and 
the visitor is in great quandary to know which 
to take in ” first. 

Not one of the sea-shore towns hut what 
has its attractive features. 

The Berkshire Hills, so Avell known as an 
exclusive resort, in point of scenery are a very 
desirable place to visit. The roads both in 
quality and grade are not for the most part 
conducive to wheelmen’s full enjoyment. 

Springfield has become the head center for 
bicycle racing, and especially since the 
World’s Records were made’ there last year. 

Massachusetts is to be congratulated at hav- 
ing so 23erfect a track within her borders. 
The state as a whole will he found very inter- 
esting. In many respects it leads the world, 
in every resj^ect it is second to none. 


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RHODE ISLAND. 

Nature has been especially kind to Rhode 
Island. Her natural beauty, however, has 
been greatly enhanced by artificial means and 
all that money and good judgment can create. 
Who can, in a word description, fnlly expati- 
ate upon its many and varied interesting feat- 
ures ? There they are. See them for 
yourselves. If I sliould attempt in this small 
space to enumerate them, you would he disap- 
pointed, inasmuch as a large number would 
probably have to be omitted. They must be 
seen to be appreciated. The cycler can find 
tongues ready to direct, and beautiful roads 
which will enable him to inspect. Narragan- 
sett Pier affords many opportunities for satiat- 
inof the tourist’s desire for recreation. It is 
as popular, although not as exclusive as New- 
port, and like it must be seen to be enjoyed. 
Block Island, so well known for its blue fish- 
ing, looms up a little way from the coast. 
Here Avill be found a typical summer resort 
with its many fine hotels. The roads of 
Rhode Island are for the most part good. 
Its manufacturing centers, Pawtucket, Woon- 
socket and Providence are a little removed 


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from its sea-shore resorts. The state is very 
symmetrical^ not very many nor very high hills. 
The roads in the vicinity of the beaches in a 
few instances may be found a little sandy^ but 
for the most part are well looked after. 

Not much of little Rhody ” is especially 
attractive outside of the places already named. 
Still what it lacks in quantity it makes up in 
quality^ and next to Maine undoubtedly har- 
bors within its borders during the summer sea- 
son more pleasure seekers than any other 
state. 


CONNECTICUT. 

Very little has been suim of the odories 
of touring by wheel in Nutmegdonq and per- 
haps the silence is vastly suggestive ; it may 
be the voiceless eloquence of aAve in contem- 
plation of things so fearfully and Avonderfully 
made as are most of the roads of Connecticut. 
But while it may be true that we have no good 
roads beyond local fame^ the. geographical 
position of Connecticut right in the straights 
of intercourse between the two great wheeling- 
centers of the East, — New York and Boston^ 


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makes our state a stamping gTound for the 
New Enofland and searcliino’ vacation wheel- 

o o 

man ; and raises the constant question of 
direction and virtue as to our roads* 

A glance at the map discovers that Connec- 
ticut is divided into four considerable water- 
systems; the Housatonic and Naugatuck in 
the West^ the Connecticut midway and 
the Thames system in the East. 

The Housatonic River, breaking through 
the hills of Salisbury and Canan in the north- 
western corner of the state, makes entrance 
for the cvclist from southern Berkshire ; but 


the Housatonic river road southward, is, 
throughout, bad, while the old post road to 
Hartford Ym Norfolk and Winsted may be, as 
a matter of distinction, possibly better. How- 
ever, either of these roads will furnish food for 
the curiosity and plenty of experience. 

From New York City along the shore of 
Lonof Island Sound fair to excellent ridinof* is 

O o 

to be had over road and side path to the 
Rhode Island State line, through a route par- 
taking of the impetus of metropolitan prox- 
imity in good roads and suburban residences; 
of smart manufacturing city and town ; or of 
gay summer resort, in the season. Divero-ing 


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from this main shore road to the north, and 
between the lower Housatonic and the New 
York State line, are also found several excel- 
lent roads. The Naugatuck River roads are 
fair for forty miles and several routes connect 
the Naugatuck with the Connecticut Valley 
district. 

New Haven is practically the eastern limit 
of the summer cycling throng by the shore 
road ; although for seven miles yet eastward 
to Branford, is the favorite scorching ground 
of the New Haven cracks. A majority of the 
touring wheelmen turn north at New Haven, 
through Meriden and New Britain, or by way 
of Cheshire to Hartford ; over roads from fair 
to fine, and running with the trend of the hills 
and their consequent fav^or. The tourist will 
do well to linofer Avith New Haven lonoer than 
we are here permitted. Several excellent runs 
to the shore-lyiiiQf summer resorts near the 
city, and the long climb to East Rock Park 
are amono- suo’ofestions of Noav Haven’s 
hostilities. 

Midway on the northern boundary of the 
state a broad undulating and fertile valley 
introduces the Connecticut River to its name- 
sake. Prom its eighteen miles of expanse at 


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37 


tlie Massachusetts boundary^ this valley^ thirty 
miles souths at Middleton^ suddenly narrows 
and the river takes a southeasterly course 
thence to the south ; • elbowed and frowned 
upon by rugged hills, while in a westerly 
direction, the characteristic features of the 
Connecticut Valley extend on between parallel 
rifts and hills to Lonof Island Sound at New 
Haven. In the valley proper, and within the 
sweep of its continuation above mentioned, 
are to be found the best roads in the state, the 
prevailing surface throughout this region 
being a hard clay and sandstone mixture. 
Such continofent advantas^es of soil for the con- 


nectinof throuodi roads, toofether with the out- 
lying streets and local riding districts of the 
closely placed cities and towns, make this 
reofion the hive of Connecticut wheelino^ life 

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and is always acceptable touring, furnishing 
rest to the eye and relaxation to the legs. 
The outlying streets and avenues of Hartford 
present an enviable macadam surface, which 
in several directions extends well into the 
country. Northward to Springfield, Mass., 
the tourist may go via Windsor and Windsor 
locks; thence by ferry across the big river 
to Warehouse Point, to continue northward by 


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road and side path ; or he may cross directly 
to East Hartford and hold road norths twenty- 
six miles over surprising side paths for most 
of the way. A beautiful route leads out 
Farmington Avenue^ through West Hartford^ 
by the city water supply in the high land of 
the Talcott shed^ to Farmington, ten miles. 
East, to Manchester, ten miles, mostly side 
path: south, to Middleton, fifteen miles and 
southwesterly to New Britain, ten miles, or 
to Meriden, eighteen miles, and New Haven, 
thirty-six miles. 

Probably no more numerous and anxiously 
put interrogation from the East-bound tourist 
by wheel may he found abroad, than that 
of, — ^^How shall I get from Hartford *to 
Worcester or Boston?” Springfield is hut a 
poor key, since at twenty-seven miles from 
Hartford one is hardly nearer Boston than at 
the start. If it is not desired to visit Spring- 
field and is desired to stick to the Avheel from 
Hartford to Boston, the route via Manchester, 
Bolton Notch, Andover and Willimantic, 
thence to Brooklyn, Danielsonville, Worcester 
and Boston is by far tlie better way ; and this 
takes us over the shed of the Bolton Hills, 
introducino; Eastern Connecticuc. 


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39 


From New London, along the western bank 
of the Thani es River to Norwich, fourteen 
miles, is a monstrous road which is not tem- 
pered as it approaches the city, and indeed it 
would be difficult to find a greater conspiracy 
of natural forces in sand and rocky humps 
than has sat down on the outlying roads and 
inlying streets of Norwich, with no apparent 
protest from the rose of New England,” — a 
city of •the highest culture in schools, in art 
and music and withal, of great wealth. Still 
northward, along the valleys of either the Wil- 
limantic or the Quinnebaug rivers and particu- 
larly the latter is to be found fair to indifferent 
riding ; the fair partaking of the mill village 
side path and the indifferent of the untamed 
country. Sixteen miles north from Norwich 
the Quinnebaug valley widens and the roads 
show improvement in grade and surface ; and 
Danielson ville, twenty-five miles from Norwich, 
possesses the onfy local riding district in East- 
ern Connecticut. To the debutant, all cross 
country riding in the east as well as elsewhere 
in the state, approaches the diabolical ; but the 
local rider knows many a crook through the 
hills which only waits the pilgrim’s interroga- 
tion. 


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This view of the roads of Connecticut is the 

\ 

photograph of judgment based upon an expe- 
rience with all sorts and conditions of the ge- 
nus highway.” If we have not Avaxed elo- 
quent at times^ the reader may attribute the 
absence of fire to our honesty of purpose. 

Arthur Allen Dean. 


SELECTION OF MACHINE. 


S HE past dozen years have witnessed 
such a wonderful growth in the bi- 
cycle business^ that the buyer who 
desires to receive the best value for 
his money must use care and judgment in 
selecting his machine, for to-day there are 
about one hundred makers and importers in 
this country, Avhile only a few short years ago 
the Pope M’Fg Co., Cunningham Co., and 
Stoddard, Lovering & Co. were practically the 
only dealers. 

It is not the intention, nor desire, in this 
article to enter into a detailed description of 
different makes or machines — nor to dwell on 
their merits or demerits — but to endeavor to 
convey to the reader, or intending purchaser, 
a few suggestions which may be useful in 
selecting a mount. 

The ordinary, or high machine, is still 
largely used and has many strong adherents ^ 

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in fact; this machine is adapted to and recom- 
mended for yonng men and careful riderS; 
hut as the demand is now so largely in favor 
of tlie Safety; we will devote the space to this 
machine; and the principal suggestions for 
selecting the Safety machine may be applied 
to the Ordinary. As there is scarcely any 
demand now for tricycleS; we will overlook 
that machine. 

There are to-day; made and sold in our 
country; many different patterns of safety 
bicycles — high; medium and low grade; — 
each of which has its place in the cycling 
world. Jn the selection of a machine; remem- 
ber that the best is the cheapest; and by all 
means purchase one of high grade if your 
purse will admit of it. The first and most 
important step is the selection of a machine 
made by a company that is known to be reli- 
able ; who use in the construction of their 
machines nothino’ but the best material ; Avho 
employ the most skilful workmen; and last; but 
not least; who fully guarantee every machine 
put out by them. 

Probably the most important point in the 
selection of a machine to-day is in regard to 
the tireS; and this should; to a great extent; 


SELECTION OF MACHINE, 


43 


be governed by the condition of the country 
and roads on which the machine will be mostly 
used. For a generally level country Avith 
good hard roads^ I can recommend the ma- 
chine Avith solid tires ; these have had the 
severe tests of several years, under all sorts 
of conditions, and I knoAV Avill give satisfaction. 

For a country in which roads are soft or 
sandy, the cushion tire is peculiarly adapted, — 
principally on account of its Avide bearing 
surface, Avhich prevents the Avheelfrom cutting 
into the ground as readily as Avould the smaller 
solid tire, thereby saAung much exertion for 
the rider. One of the most important advan- 
taofes of the cushion tire is noticed in the ease 
and comfort Avhen riding the machine, and the 
freedom from vibration. 

The next tire is the pneumatic. This has 
not yet been used extensively in this country, 
for the reason that a tire has not been made 
Avhich Avas considered perfectly satisfactory, 
and makers generally Avould not and could not 
aflPord to put out a tire, the success of Avhich 
Avas doubtful. 

This tire is an expensive one to make, and 
beinof* considered someAvhat in the liofht of a 
luxury, buyers Avould not care to purchase it 


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unaccompanied by a guarantee. The ability 
to make a tire which would not easily punct- 
ure^ which would retain the air when once in- 
flated^ which had great resiliency, and which 
could be readily attached and detached, seemed 
to baffle tire makers, but these difficulties have 
been greatly overcome. The Pope Maiiufact* 
uring Company have now put on the market 
a pneumatic tire, which it is claimed possesses 
all the desired points. This tire was obtained 
only after much experimenting and expense 
of time and money, in order to meet the 
demands of the public. 

The necessities of a pneumatic tire, are 
rubber to retain the air, and canvas of a 
quality suitable to withstand the strain of air 
under great pressure. The Columbia tire 
possesses these points. The inside wall, or 
core, is of rubber, next to which is a double 
layer of canvas, soliitioned with rubber, and 
vulcanized to the inner tube, — the outer tube, 
or covering, is vulcanized to the middle or 
canvas wall, — the whole being so constructed 
as to stand great resistance to puncture, and to 
be very long-lived. 

The advantage of the pneumatic tire over 
the cushion is about the same as the cushion 


SELECTION OF MACHINE, 


45 


over the solid. The pneumatic tire is recom- 
mended for roads of any kind, save, possibly, 
where they are very stony or rocky, but it is 
particularly for sandy country, since it is here 
that the large tires make themselves valuable 
to their owners; this same holds good for 
riding on wet roads, as a prevention to slip- 
ping, and on rough or rutty roads as a relief 
from jar and vibration. The pneumatic, of 
course, is just in its infancy, and if there is 
any doubt as to the quality or reputation 
of the tire, think twice before buying. You 
must make up your mind that you are taking 
some risk, and unless you are willing to give 
your machine some care and attention — for it 
requires more than the solid or cushion tire — 
willing to repair it in case of injury, and favor 
it in many ways necessary, do not buy it. 
The makers will give you the best they have, 
but you will select the machine you desire, and 
you should be ready to take some chances. 

We might add that one point in favor of 
pneumatic is, that the machine can be con- 
structed lighter than with solid or cushion tire. 
The next important point which suggests 
itself is 


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THE WEIGHT. 

, A mistake is frequently made in selecting 
too lio'lit a machine — a racino; machine is 
not adapted for road riding.” As in the case 
of tires^ so in the case of weighty the general 
condition of the roads and the weight of the 
rider should be considered. Do not make up 
your mind that you want the lightest machine 
obtainable. A light machine may answer the 
purpose when used by a careful rider on good 
roadsj but for most riders the medium weight 
machine is more desirable, will last longer, 
cause less trouble, and give better satisfaction 
in the end. Next comes 

THE FINISH. 

The preferred finish on machines, by riders 
to-dav, is what is known as enamel with nickel 

c/ ' 

trimmings \ the larger parts, frame, fork and 
guards, are enameled, while the smaller parts, 
handle-bar, brake connection, cranks, pedal 
frames, hubs, etc., are nickeled. This gives 
a machine a handsome appearance. The 
enamel used on Columbia machines is durable 
and handsome ; in nickeling, every care and 
expense is taken to have the finish the best. 


SELECTION OF MACHINE. 


47 


and the results are all that can be desired^ — 
both enamel and nickel are easily cared for. 

DETAILS. 

In the matter of equipment little can be 
said, for except in a few cases, regular patterns 
should be taken. In fitting up a machine, 
such jDtirts are used as will suit and give the 
best satisfaction to the majority, and when a 
rider wishes something special, it can generally 
be had. The machine now being selected, the 
next step is to learn 

HOW TO RIDE. 

Before taking the first lesson, a word as to 
the adjustment of saddle and handle bar. 
For the beo'inner it mioht be well to have the 
reach a little short, and lengthen it as the 
riding improves. For the experienced rider, 
the saddle should be set at a point which 
would leave the leg of a rider nearly straight, 
with the pedal at the lowest point ; this is the 
natural position, and is one from which the 
best results can be obtained, with less exertion 
or expense of strength on the part of the 
rider. The handle bar can be raised or low- 
ered, as the case may be required, so that the 


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rider when in tlie saddle will he in the most 
natural and comfortable position. 

The machine now ready, and the rider, 
provided he be so unfortunate as to have no 
instructor to whom he can look for assistance, 
must make up his mind not to become easily 
discouraged or impatient, if his first few 
attempts fail to sIioav any advancement. Some 
persons acquire the art readily and master the 
machine in a few lessons, while others find it 
more difficult, and take several lessons before 
the machine can be mounted and balanced. 
But few suggestions are necessary before the 
would-be rider can make his first attempt. 

The beginner should stand directly back of 
the machine, with one foot on either side of the 
wheel, and the hands resting lightly, but firmly, 
on the handles, to steady and keep it in an 
upright position ; then raise the left leg, the 
foot resting on the step, and start the machine 
by hopping on the right foot. After the 
machine has some momentum, cease the hop- 
ping and take the right foot from the ground 
and rest the weight of the body on the 
machine, retaining the left foot on the step 
and the hands on the handle bar. It is well 
to remain in this position as long as the 


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machine is in motion as it will assist in learn- 
ing* to balance, and give the rider some idea 
of the steering, which appears very sensitive 
at first. 

Even in tliis early stage yon will notice a 
tendency on the part of the front wheel to 
turn either to tlie right or to the left, and a 
desire on your part to get on terra firma, but 
stick to the step as long as the machine is in 
motion, and when there is an apparent danger 
of falling, turn the wheel in the direction in 
Avhich you appear to be falling, and not in the 
opposite direction as it would seem natural to 
do. The wheel, turned in the direction which 
appears to be dangerous, Avill right it, while 
the jerk or wrench necessary to right a wheel, 
when turned directly opposite the way it in- 
clines, will be sure to result disastrously and 
probably bring the rider to the ground. 

As soon as you have succeeded fairly well in 
steadying the machine, while riding on the 
step, the next move will be to gain the saddle. 
To do this, put the left foot on the step and 
start the machine by hopping as before ; when 
the machine has sufficient momentum, and the 
rider has control of the steering, lean the body 
forward and raise the riofiit leg: until it rests 

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partly over the saddle^ and then slide forward 
gently into it. Do not remove the left foot 
from the step until well into the saddle, as 
very likely the machine will show a tendency 
to topple over, and if you can revert to the 
step, you can right it easier than if fixed 
ill the saddle. If, however, you succeed in 
properly gaining the saddle, seat yourself com- 
fortably, and then feel for the pedals. We 
will now suppose that the rider is seated in 
the saddle, and, after gaining the pedals, he 
will probably find it difficult to keep the feet 
on them, but no matter how successful in this, 
the distance which you would succeed in cov- 
ering, would probably be hut a few yards 
before you would be off the machine ; but 
don’t let this discourage you ; remember the 
old saying, if at first,” etc., this very fit- 
ly applies in learning to ride the bicycle. 
Naturally, one will become tired and fatigued, 
and for this reason it is well to make the first 
lesson short, say half an hour long ; a lesson 
of this length two or three times a day, for 
two or three days, and the ordinary man will 
be able to take a short ride. The first few 
rides will necessarily be short, the exertion will 
grow less with each ride, and you will be sur- 


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prised to see how simple are the points that 
only a few days previous seemed so difficult. 

After becoming familiar in mounting and 
riding, the next in order is to dismount. 
This, to many persons, is even harder than 
the mounting ; probably the first few dis- 
mounts will not be very graceful ones, the 
chances being that as you come to a standstill 
the machine will incline to one side, you will 
remove your foot from the pedal, and it 
will rest on the ground, after which you will 
draw the other foot over the frame in a rather 
awkward manner. This will only happen the 
first few times, and you need not feel discour- 
aged because you do not dismount as grace- 
fully as your friend who has had longer exper- 
ience. I Avill instruct you upon only one way 
of dismounting, and this is the one generally 
followed. 

When Avishing to get off, slack the speed till 
the machine has but little motion, then, Avhen 
the left pedal is at the loAvest point, rest the 
weight of the body on this pedal, throw the 
leg back and over the rear Avheel, and step 
lightly to the ground. You cannot help mak- 
ing a proper dismount if the above suggestions 
are followed. Be careful to secure your grip 


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on the handles, so that the machine will not 
fall over, and lift tlie right leg sufficiently high 
to prevent its coming in contact with the rear 
guard or wheel. Many riders apply the brake 
to brino: the machine to a standstill before dis- 
mounting, though this is not general with 
experienced riders. 

Only a few points are now necessary, which, 
if followed, may be of benefit to you. When 
going down-hill, do not pedal too swiftly as 
there is always more or less danger, especially 
to the new rider. It is always a pleasure to 
coast, and also rests the rider. Most machines 
are fitted with foot-rests on the front fork, and 
the rider can transfer his feet to these rests 
and enjoy the ride down grade. Always have 
the brake ready to apply at sight of any 
approaching danger ; in fact, it is always well 
in descending a hill, to have the hand on the 
brake handle, and ready to apply the brake in 
an instant ; but care must be used, and the 
brake not put on suddenly, or hard enough to 
bring the machine to a stop with a jerk, which 
might throv/ the rider ; many riders always 
have the brake on lightly when descending 
a hill. 


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CARE OF MACHINE. 

This is a matter which is thought lightly of 
by many owners of machines, indeed too much 
so for their own good. Where a machine is 
well cared for, it not only gives its rider better 
satisfaction while in use, at less expense of 
power and cash, but always makes a good 
appearance. 

On returning from a ride it is advisable to 
devote a few minutes to the machine. Wipe 
all the finished parts thoroughly dry with 
chamois skin or soft cloth. Keep all parts of 
the machine, and especially the nickel parts, 
free from moisture, and particidarly from salt 
water ^ which is injurious to nickel or enamel. 
If^ moisture is allowed to stand for any length 
of time, it eventually rusts the nickel and can- 
not be removed, as nothing has yet been pro- 
duced which will entirely remove rust ; it can 
be prevented, but cannot be removed. Do 
not allow oil to stand on any of the finished 
parts of the machine, as it is injurious to the 
finish, and also to the rubber, so it should be 
removed as quickly as possible. Many articles 
are on the market for cleaning and preserving’ 
the finish ; these may answer some purposes. 


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but the oil used in their composition will in 
due time work an injury, so it is well to be 
cautious. 

The bearings hold about the same relation 
to a bicycle as do the works to the watch, and 
must necessarily have some attention. They 
should be kept as clean as possible, and the 
balls, cones, and cases in good shape, and 
})roperly adjusted. It is not necessary to take 
the bearings apart for cleaning very frecpiently, 
ordinarily, once a season should be enough to 
do this. To give the bearings a particular 
e::^amination, it is well, two or three times a 
season, to remove the ball cases, cones and 
balls, and rinse them thoroughly in benzine or 
kerosene, to remove all grit, or gum, from 
hardened oil. Before replacing these parts, 
examine them carefully, to see that they are 
perfect; if you find any of the balls unevenly 
worn or nicked, or any uneven spots in the 
grooves in which the balls run in the cases, 
they should be replaced, as they will only 
destroy other parts in the end, and be at a 
greater exjiense in replacing. 

The chain also requires attention. It should 
be adjusted so that it will be neither too tight 
nor too loose ; if too tight, it will click, run 


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hard;, and wear out the links and the sprocket 
wheel. If too loose^ there is a loss of power, 
and wlien the power is suddenly applied, there 
is danger of links breaking. 

The chain should be kept as free from dirt 
and grit as possible, by use of a small brush or 
cloth, and should be lubricated occasionally. 
A heavy oil, graphite, or a mixture of both, 
can be used to o;ood advantao’e. 

For oiling, use regular hd)ricating oil, or 
any good macliine oil which Avill not gum up. 
A few drops of oil in each bearing is sufficient. 
If too much is used it only runs out, and 
should be removed to prevent injury to the 
finish, or catching dust. 

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. 

x\ccidents to a machine on the road are of 
frequent occurrence, but this is not to be won- 
dered at, when one considers the thousands of 
machines in use daily. Pedal shafts will be- 
come bent, even on the Safety, and many 
other slight repairs can be made by the rider, 
with only ordinary skill and ability, but for 
difficult repairs it is by all means best to 
depend on tlie manufacturer, or a skilled 
machinist. Many times a rider will become 


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disabled while oiit^ and will resort to the near- 
est village smithy/’ who will set out to repair 
the machine. The blacksmith may do liis job 
in an apparently satisfactory manner^ and it 
may hold temporarily^ and oftentimes per- 
manently, but many cases have been known 
where the blacksmith’s work 2)revents the 
nmker from restorinof the machine to its oricf- 
inal condition, except at a very great expense. 

The above is not intended to injure the 
blacksmiths, for they are our friends, but to 


caution the rider to be careful, Avhen calling 
for repairs, in a place where no regular 
repairer can be found. 

To correctly straighten a bent pedal pin, it 
should be put in a lathe, but Avhen this repair 
must be made on the road, remove the parts of 
the pedal, except tlie shaft, and leave tliis 
fastened to the crank. Then place a piece of 
wood under tlie shaft, to relieve the slioclv, 
and strike the sliaft carefully in the right 
direction. Do not try to repair this pedal by 
hammering, without taking it apart. 

A common occurrence is the looseninof or 

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breaking of a spoke, but it is easily made 
right. A tangent spoke is tightened or loos- 
ened by using a nipple-wrench, or an ordinary 


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57 


monkey-wrench, by turning the nipple to the 
right or left, as the case may require. The 
spoke is threaded on the felloe end, and fits 
into the nipple, which is also threaded, by 
means of which the spoke is adjusted. 

To adjust a direct spoke a spoke-wrench is 
necessary ; this should he clamped on the 
spoke near the huh, and turned to the right 
for tightening, or left, for loosening. To in- 
sert a tangent spoke, in case a new nipple also 
is necessary, a small portion of the tire must 
he loosened, in order to put in the uipple 3 but 
provided the old nipple is all right, all that is 
necessary is to draw the spoke through the 
hub and pass the threaded end into the uij)ple 
and screw up, then tie and solder at crossing, 
if spokes are finished in this Avay. 

It is more difficult to insert a new direct 
spoke, as these are more apt to break in the 
huh, Avhich often makes it necessary to drill 
out the broken end, though sometimes it can 
he loosened by gently tapping on the outside 
edges, and then unscrewed. If necessary to 
drill the broken stub out, care must be used, 
so not to spoil the thread. To put in the 
new direct spoke, loosen part of the tire, run 
the spoke through the hole in the felloe, and 


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screw the threaded end in the hub and then 
tighten with the spoke grip. 

Tires will often come loose on the road^ and 
it is Avell to carry in the tool bag a piece of 
tire tape^ Avhich can be wound around the rim 
and tire and afford temporary relief^ till home 
or shop is reached^, when the tire can be 
re-cemented. If but a small section of tire 
requires cementing, wipe off the dust with a 
dry cloth, and wash the surface to be cemented 
Avith benzine, then add to the cement already 
in the felloe, if necessary. This can be melted 
by passing a hot iron along the groove, or by 
holding a spirit lamp under the felloe, moving 
the flame from side to side, and being careful 
not to burn the tire. When the cement is 
melted, see that it is evenly distributed, and 
then place the tire in the felloe, and be careful 
to o;et it even. After this, continue heatins: 
the felloe Avith the lamp till the tire is hot, and 
you feel sure it has become set securely, then 
scrape off the cement, Avhich may have oozed 
out at the side, and let the machine stand till 
the cement has become thoroughly hardened. 

To cement a Avhole tire, place the tire on 
the Avheel, Avith side to be cemented turned 
out; sear it slightly all around Avith a hot 


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iron^ in order that the cement may stick to 
the rubber. Remove tire^ pour melted cement 
into felloe^ and distribute it evenly ; replace 
tire^ and heat felloe underneath^ as mentioned 
before^ and then let machine stand several 
hours — say over night. The points to note 
carefully are that rim and tire must be clean, 
before applying cement^ that the parts to be 
cemented be thorouoddy heated to secure 
adhesion, that the tire be laid evenly in the 
rim and allowed to set until the cement is 
thoroughly hard. 

When the wheels do not track, the chances 
are that the front fork or the frame are 
slightly sprung, and repairs of this kind should 
not be attempted by the ordinary rider, but 
the machine should be put in the hands of the 
skilled mechanic or repairer. He should’ also 
be sriven charo;e of the machine for buckled 

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wheels— wheels out of shape — or wheels out 
of true, as this recj^nires considerable skill. A 
slight buckle can be temporarily repaired on 
the road, but care should be taken in further 
use of the machine, till it has been put in good 
order. A buckled wheel may often be restored 
to shape by laying it on the ground and plac- 
ing the foot on the higher part of bend in rim, 


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liftijig with hands on lower part and then 
springing it hack to shape. Buckled wheels 
are rather scarce^ however, since the advent of 
the Safety. 

Small cuts in solid rubber tires can be re- 
paired. by use of a liquid cement, which is set 
in the cut, tlien drawn together and held tight 
by being wound around with a piece of clotJi 
and allowed to stand till dry. This can be 
removed and the tire used in a couple of 
hours. This can also be used on a cushion 
tire for a slight cut, but if the cushion rim is 
cut clear through to the chamber, a new tire 
is necessary. 

It is difficult at this time to give general 
instructions for repairing a pneumatic tire, as 
there are so many different makes, and they 
have ‘been in use so short a time. Some of 
these tires are so difficult of repairing that the 
rider cannot undertake it, and if he did, the 
chances are tliat he Avould only make a poor 
job, and the tire would be practically useless. 
One of the o^reatest advantaofes in the Colum- 

o o 

bia pneumatic tire mentioned is the ease with 
which it can be repaired. 

If by any chance a puncture should occur 
while on the road, a piece of ordinary tire 


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tape, carefully wound around the tire, at the 
injured part, will afford an effective temporary 
repair till home or shop is reached, where a 
permanent repair can be made very readily if 
directions are followed. Each and every maker 
should furnish instructions for repairing with 
each machine sold. 

The Pope Manufacturing Company issue a 
small pamphlet, which contains much useful 
information for the cycler, and full instructions 
for Choice, Care, and Eepair. A copy of this 
will interest you. 


C. E. Walker. 


THE VALUE OF OWNING A COLUMBIA. 



0 the majority of riders, the 
liigh-gTade bicycle is a luxury. 
One sees so many wheels made 
by reputable manufacturers 
iiow-a-days, that this statement 
may seem rather extravagant, 
but let us stop and consider when Ave first 
owned a bicycle, and in what manner Ave first 
came by it. 

Perhaps there may have been some indul- 
gent father in the case, or you may liaA^e been 
the favorite iiepheAV of some rich uncle or 
aunt, Avho thought a bicycle Avould be a A^ery 
appropriate present. You may haA^e Avon your 
machine in a raffle, or obtained it in a hundred 
different Avays, but the A^ast majority of Avheel- 
men are oblio^ed to earn their money, a dollar 
at a time, until finally the requisite amount is 
obtained. 

What a countless number of things a young 



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63 


man imbued with the true cycling spirit will 
deny himself for the sake of owning a wheel. 
He will walk where before he used to ride : 
the old coat is brushed up and pressed, and 
made to do service for another season : he 
gives up going to parties and his friends say 
he is settling down, getting a little old, and 

not the young fellow he used to be. But to 

« 

the young man what a pleasure it is to see his 
little pile increase : he becomes an enthusiast 
on the subject of wheeling : he collects all the 
different catalogues, visits the different sales- 
rooms, asks innumerable questions and finally 
picks out his favorite wheel. Oftentimes, 
when out at noon or in the morniuo^ 2’oinof to 
work, he Avill go two or three blocks out of his 
way in order to pass the show window where 
his long-looked-for prize gracefully rests, to 
him a model of perfection. What a series of 
rapidly changing thoughts pass through his 
mind as he stands there : the long trips he will 
take; he will ride to the train mornings and 
home again at night ; his summer vacation 
will be spent awheel. He looks at the wheel 
and mechanically moves his limbs, wondering 
if the adjustment of this bicycle would be 
about right for him. 


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At last the long coveted prize is his, and he 
leaves the salesroom with his machine as happy 
as one can well be. If it be a bit muddy out- 
side, he lifts it up and carries it over the cross- 
ings, handling it as carefully as you would a 
child. His friends now understand him a little 
better: they can see Avhy he did not do this 
and that, that required the outlay of a few dol- 
lars, and feel that the look of pride and satis- 
faction on the owner’s face is well worth the 
sacrifices he has submitted himself to. 

Supposing at some time he should forget to 
lock his machine while standing in an exposed 
place, and returns to find it gone. Imagine 
his feelino's: all his efforts and endeavors of 

O 

perhaps a year gone while perha2)s his back 
Avas no more than turned. What shall he do ? 
To Avhom shall he look? He cannot buy 
another one, and just iioav bicycling seems the 
dearest thing on earth. He may advertise it, 
and offer a reAvard, and should the thief be 
discovered pay the costs of prosecution, but 
no, he can ill afford this outlay. To Avhom 

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shall he look ? Here, as in many other cases, 
does the Pojie Manufacturing Company step 
to the front, and should the stolen machine 
have been one of their famous Columbias ” 


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the owner may feel assured that everything in 
their power will be done to have it restored to 
its rightful owner. Besides using their per- 
sonal endeavors to trace the wheel, this Com- 
pany offers a reward of one hundred dollars 
for the arrest and conviction of the thief and 

• 

machine returned to the rio’htful owner. 
Surely this is a magnanimous offer, freely 
made and something worthy of the deepest 
consideration of thoughtful buyers. It costs 
you nothing, and, in your case as in many 
others it may be the cause of restoring to you 
your bicycle. Are many machines stolen ? 
you may ask. Visit the salesroom of the Pope 
Manufacturing Company and see there the 
bulletin boards on which are posted circulars, 
pbstals, telegrams, giving numbers and descrip- 
tions of their Columbias lately stolen. Dur- 
ing the riding season hardly a week passes 
but tw^o or three notices are received resfardino: 
stolen Columbia wdieels. 

A very natural question now is, are many 
stolen Columbias ever recovered, and wdiat hap- 
pens to the culprit ? 

In answ^ering this question, let me state 
that the Pope Manufacturing Company have 
paid out several thousand dollars as rewards, 


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and many riders have been made happy by the 
return of their wheels through the efforts of 
this company. In the city of Rochester^ New 
York^ a thief received a sentence of five years 
hard labor in States Prison at Auburn^ New 
York^ for stealing a Columbia machine. In 
Minneapolis^ Washington^ Hartford^ and in 
many other cities has this punishment been 
meted out to law breakers in this respect. 
It is grand larceny to steal a bicycle and a 
feeling of security goes to the purchaser of 
every Columbia wheel. 

W. K. Corey. 



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ROAD RACING. 




HE L. A. W . only controls bicycle 
races on the track; there is no 
association which controls road 
racinof. 

In the first place, it would 
be well to decide what distance 
the race is to be. If over five or ten 
miles a straightaway course is now preferred, 
because in the list of entries you may 
have riders who reside out of the state, and 
who have never had a chance to oo over the 



course until they are ready to start in the 
race; thus a straightaway course is better, 
and stranofers are less liable to o’efc confused. 

In picking out a course, you want the best 
roads that you can find, and the distances 


should be accurate. It is best to go over the 
course with a cyclometer, and have it register 


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more miles rather than less^ that no questions 
can be raised if records are broken. 

Entries for a handicap race should close at 
least a Aveek before the race, to allow proper 
time for investigation. 

Tlie officials of a race should be, — a referee, 
three jud ges at the finish, three time-keepers, 
and one starter : one clerk of the course, 
with assistants if necessary, one scorer with 
assistants if necessary, and as many checkers 
as are essential alono; the route. . 

The referee shall have general supervision 
of the race. He shall give judgments on pro- 
tests received by him, shall decide all questions, 
or objections respecting foul riding, or offences 
Avhich may be brought to his attention by the 
checkers, or other officials ; he shall act as he 
may think best in cases of misconduct by 
attendants, and shall disqualify any com- 
petitor Avho may become liable to disqualifica- 
tion. His decision in all cases shall be final. 

The judges shall decide the positions of the 
men at the finish. In case of a disagreement, 
the majority shall decide. Their decision shall 
also be final. 

The time-keepers shall compare Avatches be- 
fore the race is started, and shall note any 


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variance. The time to be taken from the flash 
of the pistol or the word go/’ and in case of 
disaofreement the intermediate time of the three 
watches shall be taken as the official time. In 
case two of the three watches mark the same 
time, that shall be the official time. 

The scorer should check the men off at the 
start, and record the men at the finish, as 
given him by the judges, and the time given 
by the time-keepers. 

The starter should, when it is reported to 
him by the clerk of the course that all the 
competitors are ready, see that the timers are 
notified, and before starting say, Mount ! ” 
Then in a few seconds say, ^^Are ycyii ready?” 
and if no reply to the contrary be given, to 
effect the start by the report of the pistol. 
Should the pistol miss fire, the start may be 
made by the word Go ! ” The starter shall 
announce to the competitors the distance they 
are to go, and caution the men about any 
rules the management may have made, in 
regard to sidewalk riding, pace-making, etc. 

The clerk of the course shall see that each 
of the contestants has his number either pinned 
or sewed on his shirt or jersey, and shall call 
competitors in ample time for the race. 


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The checkers should check the men as they 
pass them, ami, after tlie race, retire with the 
other officials, to see if the contestants passed 
each checker at the different points. 

NOTES. 

It is best not to let the contestants know 
where the checkers are to be placed, and in 
this way you are sure to have the men go .over 
the entire route. 

Whereas, on the other hand, if they knew 
where the checkers were stationed and there 
should be a short cut on the Avay, they would 
be liable to cut off the distance and still pass 
the checli^ers, Avho would report it all right. 
Checkers should be placed at various places 
along the route, and esj^ecially at any dan- 
gerous places. 

At the finish there is always a crowd and the 
space should be kept clear, since many a race 
has been lost by not having the road-way clear ; 
and in doiim so the contestants are less liable 
to accidents. 

It is best to have the numbers on white cot- 
ton cloth and sewed on, rather than pinned. 
It has occurred in several races that con- 
testants, several miles out on a course, when 


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they have to come back over the same route, 
have had one of their friends stationed there 
and have had him go over the course and re- 
turn to where the contestant has been resting. 
In an event of this kind, the first rider starts 
back refreshed, and comes in near the front, 
his friend having been marked by the checkers 
as all risrht. 

o 

Century runs, or a hundred miles in a day, 
seem to be very poj3ular of late. Several 
clubs have been formed, having a regular 
badge, to which a bar is added for each 
hundred miles made. On a run of this kind 
the rider should always have had plenty to 
eat, as that seems to be the success of his 
endurance. Do not start out in the mornino: 
without your breakfast. A course over good 
roads should be chosen, and the distances 
known between different towns, or else a cyclo- 
meter on the wheel should register one hun- 
dred miles, since a good many persons take a 
map and figure the distance out by a scale 
and say they guess it is so far from here 
to there. Now, this is entirely wrong, for 
when a wheelman rides anywhere from seventy- 
five to eisrhty miles he sfets very tired. Then 
it is that the miles count up very slowly and 


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seem awfully long^ the rider feeling sure he 
has gone his hundred miles. 

For a large party two pace-makers should be 
ehoseiij and the wheelmen ride by twos, fol- 
lowing the persons in front of them. Thus 
they do not take up all the road as they other- 
wise would if spread out, and plenty of room 
is allowed for other vehicles. 

In going downhill, it would be well to have 
your brake well in hand, the riders about 
fifty feet apart, and keep in your same posi- 
tions. By doing this you will avoid acci- 
dents which frequently occur by running close 
to your neighbor and having his step catch in 
your front wheel, or else having your pedal 
catch in the other wheel and throwing you, 
besides tearing out spokes and otherwise injur- 
ing' the machine. 

For a large party it would be well not to 
let the riders knoAV Avhere they are to be 
checked off. This should be done at least two 
or three times on the trq), and also at the 
places where the meals are taken. 

Before starting checks should be given each 
rider, with his number on it, and at various 
places along the route roll-call should take 
place by calling out each number, the person 


ROAD RACING. 


78 


corresponding to it answering by giving his 
name ; other times calling each name and each 
one responding by giving his number. At 
the finish of the ride that day, checks should 
be presented to the checker. 

It would be well to charge 50 cents or $1 
entrance fee, and have that amount go towards 
furnishing a souvenir for all who finish. 




TRAINING FOR BICYCLE RACES. 


* 

T is an impossibility to give rules 
and instructions which AVould l)e 
proper for every man who intends 
to race. Difference in temperament^ ability to 
stand Avork^ conditions under which the Avork 
is undertaken^ and the time Avhich can be given 
to the Avork^ all preclude this. 

I shall endeavor to give general instruc- 
tions Avliich can be folloAved^ in Avhole or pai% 
by any person^ and Avill give^ as nearly as pos- 
sible;, just the Avork Avhich I Avould give to a 
man who placed himself under my charge. 
Beginning Avith the first of January^ Avork in 
the gymnasium shoidd be taken. A man 
should give particular attention to the upper 
part of the body^ getting the arms, back and 
chest muscles in good condition. Very ’feAv 
riders pay any attention to this Avork, and it 
really counts for considerable in the latter 
part of the season’s riding. A man f^els 



TRAlNmC FOR BICYCLE RACES. 75 

stronger after this, and he can start his road 
riding feeling in good condition for the work 
ahead. 

Little or no work should be done for the 
legs, for they will get all they should have 
later, and it is an undisputed fact that the legs 
need almost absolute rest out of the riding 
season. No set of muscles can be used con- 
stantly without becoming stale. If a man has 
no gymnasium to go to, he can use, in his own 
home, appliances costing very little, which will 
accomplish all he needs. A pair of dumb- 
bells, weighing about two pounds each, can be 
used for a variety of exercises, and these exer- 
cises (for the upper body) can be found in any 
number of books on the subject, which can 
be purchased very cheaply. A set of chest- 
weights, with roAving attachment, are really 
the best things to have, but in case they 
cannot be procured, one can rig up a pair of 
common Avindow-pulleys with Aveights, which 
Avill give the same Avork. This, for preparatory 
Avork, and too much importance cannot be 
placed on it. 

About April first, the man is ready for road 
Avork, and should start in by riding about five 
miles tAvice per day, at an easy gait, for about 


TOURISTS' MANUAL. 


two weeks. Don’t start in too liard^ and don’t 
indulge in any spurting. The rest of this 
month can he spent in riding ten miles in the 
morning, at a good stiff pace, no spurt at 
the end, and, in the afternoon, three to five 
miles, at a good pace, and finishing the last 
half mile strong. The man is now ready for 
track work, and liere is where his real work 
beofins. 

0 

Races have now come to the point where 
they are simply a series of spurts on the finish. 
At the same time, no man will find that lie 
has wasted his time if he will go through a 
j3reparation for hard riding, as well as develop- 
ing his ^^spurt.” It Avill stand him in good 
stead in a long race, and will certainly help 
him when lie comes to want to ride in two or 
tliree races in one day. Staying power is a 
quality mucli to he desired by any rider. 

1 Avill siqipose that a man begins his racing 
about May 30. For the first two weeks of 
his track work, he can ride ten miles in the 
morning at a hard even jjace, and in the after- 
noon five miles at an ordinary pace, finishing 
uj) with a spurt for the last three hundred 
yards. This may look like too much hard 
work for any rider to undertake, but I can 


TRAI.yrNG FOR BICYCLE RACES. 


77 


assure any man that the results will fully repay 
him for the labor. He will he in good riding 
form, and in good condition for any pace 
which may be set for him by his competitors 
in any race. 

The last two weeks in May can be used for 
lighter work, and for developing the finish to 
his races. Working twice a day, in the morn- 
ing, he can ride two or three miles at a stiff 
pace, and on some days in the afternoon he 
can try two or three quarters,’’ then trying 
his speed at one-half or a mile, never riding a 
trial at more than one distance (except the 
quarter”), on one afternoon. This work, 
kept up until two days before his first race, 
will bring any man to the start in condition 
to win, or give his competitors a good race, at 
any rate. 

All the foregoing is for men who can give 
time to the work. Now, for men who are 
perhaps engaged so that they can give only 
the time for a month before racing. No man 
should go into a race who has not had a 
month’s preparation of some sort. I will sup- 
pose that he has been riding on the road 
during the early season, and now wishes to try 
his hand in a track race. 


78 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


His road work lias put him in fair condition, 
and he probably is obliged to do his work at 
night. What such a man heeds is speed.’’ 
Such a man should keep his wheel at the track, 
where he intends to train, and not use it on 
other occasions If he has formerly used his 
Avheel as a means of transportation * to and 
from his Avork, let him now giA^e it up. Rid- 
ing up grades, and the jarring consequent to 
road riding, prevents the developing of fast 
ridinof. For tAvo weeks let him ride about 
three to five miles, at a hard pace. This AAnll 
familiarize him Avitli the constant and steady 
Avork of track riding, Avhich is far different 
from riding on the road, Avhere he can rest on 
grades. If he feels like it, let him finish these 
rides Avith a spurt of one-eighth of a mile, not 
lono^er. The last tAvo Aveeks he can use in 

o 

riding tAvo miles, at a hard pace, and spurting 
tAvo-eighths on one night, three-quarters the 
next night, riding a mile trial the next, and 
then spurting the fourth night, alternating the 
hard Avith the lioRt Avork. 


As I previously stated, it is imjiossible for 
any one to give the correct Avork to be folloAved 
by seA^eral persons, and I have only endeavored 
to give general Avork, Avhich, if followed, will 


TRAINING FOR BICYCLE RACES. 70 

do no harm to any maii^ and \vill certainly 
improve his riding*. I think the majority of 
the present riders pay too little attention to 
their staying pOAvers early in the season^ and 
that is the time Avhen it should he developed. 
A feAV general suggestions may not be out of 
place. 

About the bathing, a man in training (or 
any man for that matter) should never get 
into water. It is Aveakening. If any person 
will try the folloAving, they will agree Avith me 
that it is the best method of bathino^. On 
rising, take a sponge and after having dipped 
it ill cool water, squeeze it out thoroughly. 
With frequent drippings and squeezings, wipe 
the entire surface of the body, and then dry 
with a rough toAvel, used not too vigorously. 
After riding, AVciit till thoroughly dry, and 
then go through the same process of bathing, 
after AAdiich have a rub doAvn with pure alcohol, 
in Avhich a little glycerine has been placed. 
At night, go through the same bathing pro- 
cess, but do not” take the rub doAvn. The 
majority of persons are kept aAvake by a rub 
. doAvn at night, and very little benefit is de- 
rived from it unless taken just after exercise. 

A man should never ride himself out at the 


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start of the season^ and^ at any time^ should 
let up on his work if he is not feeling well. 
Don’t loaf while working. Do your work 
from start to finish and don’t stop. Do as 
little walking as possible^ and when you have 
taken up track riding, keep off the road. Eat 
any digestible food which you have a taste for, 
and drink any reasonable amount of good 
water. Let stimulants entirely alone, and never 
touch tobacco. Never work the day before 
or on the day of a race. 

H. S. Cornish. 



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RECORDS. 


OWHERE is the complete supremacy 
of the Safety over the Ordinary 
more marlced than in the racing' of 
last season. Two years ago^ in 
making up a table of records, Ordinary and 
Safety each held an equal place and on both 
had world’s records been made. Below is 
given a table of track records. All were made 
on Safety bicycles, and a large part, if not all, 
on pneumatic tired machines. 

COMPARATIVE AMERICAN AND ENGLISH 
AMATUER TRACK RECORDS. 

January ist, 1892. 

Distance. American. English 


[flying start.] 



:30| 

X 

4 

mile, 

A. A. Zimmerman, 

• 901. 

A. T. Mole, 

1 

4 

mile, 

H. C. Tyler, 

.OQl 
.00 5 

F. G. Bi-ad V, 

:33i 

1 

•2 

*6 

H. C. Tyler, 

1:6 

¥. T. Fletcher, 

E7 S 

4 

iC 

W. W. Windle, 

1 :41 

F. J. Osmond, 

1 :42 

1 


W. W. Windle, 

2:15 

F. J. Osmond, 

2:16 

2 

U 

G. F. Taylor, 

4:48i 

i( (( 

4:50| 

3 


A. A. Zimmerman, 

7:49J 

(C (< 

i :l/f 

4 


(( <( 

10:27 

(( (( 

9:471 

0 

a 

« (< 

12:531- 

<< <( 

12:16| 

10 

i( 

C. W. Dorntge, 

26:46J 

(( (( 

24:551 

20 

a 

(( u 

53:5GJ 

<( <( 

50 :22^ 


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TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 

It is interesting to note that all these 
records from 1-4 mile to 2 miles inclusive are 
held by American riders, while the records 
after two miles belong* to Enoflishmen. Amer- 
lean riders leave long distance competitions to 
professionals, while foreign bicyclists contest 
in two, three and sometimes five mile trials. 
Englishmen do not so closely draw or so rigidly 
adhere to the •amateur rules as we do, which 
may perhaps account for this difference. 

R. L. Ede, England, holds the Avorld’s 25 
mile amateur track record, time, 1 h. 5 min. 
55 2-5 sec. C. L. Newland, also of England, 
holds all track records from 64 to 100 miles. 
His time for 100 miles was 5 h. 30 min. 12 2-5 
sec. 

There is another class of records held by 
Englishmen exclusively which are interesting. 
They are as follows : 


1 

hour, 

F. J. Osmond, 

23 miles, 

1260 

2 

hours, 

R. L. Ede, 

\ A “ 

44 

400 

3 


a 

63 “ 

49 

4 


C. L. Nevvdand, 

75 “ 

210 

5 

« 

a 

91 “ 

535 

24 

a 

M. A. Holbein, 

361 “ 

1320 


The one mile track record has always been 
the record of records and the present one of 
2.15 was made by Windle on a Columbia rac- 


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83 


ing Safety, at Springfield, Sept. 17, 1891. As 
this record is to track racing, so is the 25 mile 
record to the road. This record is held by an 
American rider, Hoyland Smith, Avho made the 
remarkable time of 1 h., 19 min. 13 sec., also 
on a Columbia, in the Boston Athletic Ass’n 
Road Race of this year. Road records for 50 
and 100 miles are held by Englishmen as 
follows : 

50 miles, S. D. Begbee, 2 h. 35 min. 16 sec. 

100 “ M. A. Holbein, 6 h. 5 min. 26 sec. 

Various other records might be given, but 
these are the principal and most interesting 
ones. During next season many of these will 
be lowered, although the records for short dis- 
tances are fast coming down to a point where 
to clip off a fraction of a second is to gain 
for the man wlio does so the admiration of 
all lovers of true sport. 


LADIES’ RIDING. 



HE young women of Detroit have not 
been slow to realize the benefits of 
cycling. It is especially efficacious 
in brinofinof into motion the muscles 

O O 

unused in walking, strengthening every sinew of 
the body. Ask any woman cyclist how she felt 
when she dismounted her wheel after her first 
long ride, and she will tell you that she went 
all to pieces,” so to speak. And why? 
Because the muscles that had lain so long dor- 


mant, year after year — the muscles that are 
not hroiisrlit into action when walkino' had 
been put to use, and the result was apparent. 
After two or three rides, the tired, collapsed 
feeling, changes into one of exhiliration. Just 
look at the young Avomen who ride the wheel 
regularly and see if they are not the healthiest, 
briofhtest faced Avomen you meet ! 

Said a Avell known Detroit physician, Any 
exercise that is taken in the open air is bene- 
ficial, though there are some feAv pleasurable 
pastimes that are too violent for women. 

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LADIES' RIDING. 


85 


Horse-back riding might be preferred by those 
who are too timid to venture on the bicycle, 
since there constantly arises the fear of falling 
while learning to ride the wheel, but that 
acquired, and I understand that that is a ques- 
tion of a few days’ practice, I believe the prefer- 
ence would be given to the machihe. I certainly 
think it is the most healthful of all forms of 
out-door exercise.” 

One young woman who is a rider of the 
present year, though, from her frequent mounts, 
one of experience, looks at the wheel from an 
economical standpoint. ^^Why,” said she, I 
don’t ^et time to wear o^ood clothes since I 
have been riding a wheel. I put on my cycling 
gown when I rise in the morning, and mount 
the wheel so often during the day, and fre- 
quently in the evening when there are a dozen 
or more to go in line, that unless it is for the 
theatre, a reception, or a caller, I find my wheel 
dress the only one I have an opportunity to 
wear, and as for hats — Avell you know how 
enormously high a woman’s millinery bill can 
run — whv there’s where I make tlie o^reatest 
saving. One or two small caps, the yachting 
kind, with one or two for dress occasions will 
carry me through the entire year,” 


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TOURISTS' MANUAL. 


Grace E. Denning, an authority on cycling, 
says in Outing that the lady cyclist passes^ 
through three stages — the daring, the despond- 
ing and the doing. The la*st arrives when in 
tears and mistrust she suddenly realizes that 
she is sitting firm, pedaling smoothly, steering 
soberly and going alone. Ah ! the triumph of 
that moment. 

Cycling for women has come to stay. It is 
no use for doctor, lawyer, parson or chief to 
say Thou shalt not” to the woman of to-day, 
while her conscience approves and her ex- 
perience proves that her own way is right. 

In days gone by, one-half the opposition 
already conquered would have been fatal to the 
exercise, and the silent steed would have stood 
unused, unhonored and unsung.” But with- 
out defying or disputing, or anything but 
determinedly doing, the woman of to-day sweeps 
aside the cobwebs of prejudice, with highest 
self-respect and gentle dignity, cleanses the 
would-be smirch of unfemininity, and goes on 
her narrow way rejoicing. 

These three stages have happily been passed 
over by upwards of one hundred and fifty 
Detroit women. An increase over the season 
of 1890 of one hundred and forty. Nearly 


LADIES^ RIDING. 


87 


every street in the city, has its women cyclers. 
Jefferson avenue residents who pass the summer 
at Grosse Pointe have taken to the wheel with 
a vengeance, and it has been no uncommon 
practice this summer for the ladies to ride seven 
or eight miles of an evening, to meet their 
husbands, and bowl back with them, better in 
health and better in spirits for their few hours’ 
spin. 









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f 


DRESS. 



N no other occasion is it more im- 
portant for a woman to look her 
best than when mounted on a 



No woman is so youngs beauti- 


ful or graceful that she can afford to lose 
sight of this fact. 

The question of a becomings suitable and 
comfortable dress for wheeling, is a very 
important one, one which has never been satis- 
factorily answered. 

Very many interesting articles have been 
written on the subject, and many have been 
the attempts of dressmakers and those inter- 
ested in dress reform to invent a cycling dress 
that would become popular, but although 
something may be said in favor of nearly all 
the costumes devised, their unsuitableness in 
many respects, point to an utter ignorance on 
the part of their inventors of a practical knowl- 
edge of wheeling, or the requirements of a 
dress for that purpose. 


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DRESS. 


89 


For instance, we are asked by a prominent 
dress reformer to wear a dress seven yards in 
width the weight of which even though divid- 
ed ” would prove an insufferable objection. 

The construction of a costume that would 
be universally becoming seems almost an 
Impossibility. The natty suit which the trim 
built little woman may wear, with a suggestion 
of coquettishness about both woman and dress, 
would only be ridiculous on a larger woman, 
with a superabundance of flesh or bony struct- 
ure, either of which need judicious conceal- 
ment. The Tam O^Shanter which looks so 
chic and charming on the head of a lassie of 
sixteen would when worn by a more mature 
woman, whose hair may be growing a little thin 
at the temples, only serve to accentuate the 
fact that her age is nearer forty than twenty. 

But there are some points in the dress of a 
wheel woman which are applicable to all, one 
which is neatness in every detail. A hat set 
carelessly on one side, a vagrant lock of hair 
not properly fastened, a shoe string untied, a 
missing button from bodice, shoe or glove, 
lends to the whole person a most undesirable 
appearance. The rider should see to it that 
there is no loose bit of braid or hem, to catch 


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TOURISTS^ MANUAL, 


in the pedals^, and mayhap bring confusion to 
herself and destruction to her attire. She 
should put pins enough in her hair and hat to 
keep them straight and beware of anything in 
the shape of a white skirt;, for it is often that 
the unexpected happens especially to begin- 
ners^ and the nearer one approaches an harmo- 
nious whole on such occasions the better. 

A mistake that many wheel women make is 
in thinking anything good enough while rid- 
ing. A shabby half worn street suit or per- 
ha2)s a combination of two in different stages 
of dilapidation^ surmounted by the worst look- 
ing piece of head gear in a three years’ collec-. 
tion is considered about rio'ht. Lookinof from 
the stand-point of a woman who has never rid- 
den^ one does not wonder at the exclamation, 
^AVell, I never want to ride a wheel if I 
have o'ot to look like that.” Don’t think these 
things won’t be noticed, everything from the 
crown of the head to the sole of the foot of 
the woman who rides the wheel is noticed, aiid 
the glimpse of a Avorn ill-fitting shoe or a 
wrinkled stockinof has done more to discouraofe 
cycling among women than all the prating of 
Mrs. Grundy, about it being too masculine a 
sport, too hard work and all, other seemingly 


DRESS. 


91 


feasible reasons brought forward by that anti- 
quated dame. 

Of course it is much easier to say. Don’t 
wear this or that than it is to suggest the 
proper thing, for the ideal costume is yet to be 
invented. The hat question is a different one 
and should be suited to the wearer’s own indi- 
viduality, but whatever is worn be it sailor hat, 
jockey, turban, toque or Tam, do not let it be 
a man’s hat. A salvation army bonnet is far 
more becoming to many faces. Light colored 
shoes should not be worn unless one wishes to 
call attention to ^a very small and pretty foot. 

Anything that savors of finery should be 
rigidly excluded from the wheelwoman’s toilet. 
The nearer she approaches tailor made ” the 
better she will look when mounted on the wheel. 

Every good quality cannot be combined in 
one suit. A material that may seem just the 
thing to wear on a hot summer’s day will be 
found to be too much of a temptation for the 
vagrant breeze waiting around the corner* to 
transform one’s skirts into a veritable balloon. 
For all-around a skirt of dark cloth is best, 
made neither too long nor too short (it is so 
hard to get a skirt short and scant enough for 
ease and comfort on the wheel) yet having 


92 


TOURISTS^ MANUAL, 


sufficient length and breadth not to be remark- 
able when the rider dismounts. The skirt 
should be about three yards in width and short 
enough to escape the ground when standing. 
It should be lined in front at least with dark 
cambric to prevent its catching at the knees 
when the wheel is in motion. 

A shirt waist made of wash silk^ cambric or 
outing cloth is very suitable and pretty for 
summer wear but should always be supple- 
mented by a jacket made of the same material 
as the skirt to guard against the sudden 
changes of temperature to which we are always 
liable in this climate, and to be put on when 
one dismounts after a brisk run when there 
may be danger of a cliill. 

The Holmes’ combination undersfarment 
seems to be about the best thing of that kind 
to be worn either in warm or cool weather. 
One underskirt is sufficient, made divided of 
light weight dark flannel matching in color the . 
outt»r skirt. Cashmere hose, same color, shoes 
low, easy but well fitting, and loose gauntlet 
oloves. A soft white silk handkerchief folded 

o 

about the neck inside the habit waist Avhere no 
shirt waist is Avorn, adds much to tbe appear- 
ance of neatness, Avhich is so desirable. 


DRESS. 


98 


One o£ the prettiest costumes I ever saw 
was made of bottle green face cloth^ the skirt 
severely plain^ habit bodice double breasted^ 
buttoned with small lasting buttons set very 
close^ bound with narroAV black silk braid. 
Sleeves large at the top buttoning close at the 
wrist, tan gauntlet gloves : dark green felt hat 
turned up close at the sides, no trimming save' 
binding and band of black. It was a pleasure 
to look at the wearer as she rode past, sitting 
on her j)erfeetly adjusted wheel as if she Avere a 
part of it (and no Avoman can look Avell on 
a Avheel unless it is adjusted for her person- 
ally) the roses in her cheeks and the knot of 
crimson at her throat lendinor* a touch of 
brightness that completed a most charming- 
dissolving vieAV. 

A Avoman Avho through carelessness or indif- 
ference in attire fails to make herself an attract- 
ive object Avhen riding a Avlieel loses many 
opportunities for missionary Avork among 
Avomen Avho might be induced to try cycling 
for themselves, and brings ridicule not only 
upon herself but upon a most delightful form 
of exercise and recreation. 

Maky Sargent Hopkins. 


THE EFFECTS OF CYCLING ON THE 

HEALTH. 

0 know that all classes and con- 
ditions of men ride bicycles is 
conclusive proof that the exer- 
cise is beneficial. Clergymen, 
doctors, lawyers, bankers, pro- 
fessors, are all universal in praise 
of the bicycle as a health restorative. 

Perhaps the best evidence is the testimony 
of the doctors : 

^^To my mind cyclings as an exercise of use 
to the physician in treating his patients, both 
in the quality and quantity it gives, combines 
physical exercise and mental and nervous exer- 
cise as does no other form of outdoor exercise, 
and this without a single injurious quality. 
The rider of a wheel takes exercise in the most 
even, steady way I know of, and never does he 
injure his general system when riding.” — Dr. 
T. N. Gray. 

‘‘ Any exercise that brings in play the great- 



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EFFECTS OF CYCLING ON THE HEALH. 95 

est number of muscles and exercises them 

evenly is the best to take. This is found in 

«/ 

cycling ; no one muscle or set of muscles is 
overtaxed in riding. Also it takes the cycler 
out of doors, where fresh air and plenty of it 
can be breathed; it gives him or her a change 
of scene ; the change of landscape adds pleas- 
ure to a ride, and before the rider knows it he 
is wheeling along enjoying the country, while 
his muscles are o’ettinof the benefit of the ride. 
Weakly boys and girls grow strong while 
riding a wheel.” — Dr. F. A. Kinch, Jr. 

^ Mount me,’ the cycle of the churchman 
cries to the overworked clergyman, ^ get away 
from the haunts of men ; speed on by the side 
of the river ; breathe the fresh air of heaven. 
You Avill oo without fatierue ; vou will leave 
your cares behind. Have you rheumatism or 
gout ? The cycle cures them. Are you des- 
pondent ? The cycle will restore your mental 
elasticity. Do you think exercise unscriptural 
or unbecoming ? The New Testament says that 
bodily exercise profiteth, though only a little im 
comparison witli spiritual exercise. Take the 
little and be satisfied and refreshed .’” — The 

London Churchman. 

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\ 


ETIQUETTE OF THE ROAD. 

T is a courtesy of the road 
to turn out more than the 
law requires^ to dismount 
rather than to force out a 
loaded team^ to avoid rid- 
throuo-h a herd of live 

O 

animals driven on the road ; also to 
speak or sound a whistle when approaching a 
street-crossings or passing by walkers from be- 
hinds and sometimes when approaching a car- 
riage to give the driver seasonable notice of 
approach. It is polite to use more care when 
meeting or passing ladies; and if several be 
riding bicycles togethers and meet a lady on 
horse-backs if the horse or the lady appears at 
all disturbed it is courteous for one to dismounts 
and lead the horse by. Indeeds a thousand 
courtesies of the road will suo^o^est themselves to 
the careful rider and will be obeyed. 

A bicycler should not ride by a horse — unless 
knowus or in a citys or attached to a heavy 

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ETIQUETTE OF THE ROAD. 97 

load — from behind without speaking, and 
should give him as wide a berth as convenient, 
and should not close in immediately in front 
of him. The voice is the great calmer : where 
a bell or a whistle might startle or alarm, a 
word or two will quiet and reassure. So, in 
ap2)roaching a horse and carriage from an 
opposite direction a word from the bicycler will 
usually save all misunderstanding. There is 
no doubt that nine-tenths of all the nervous- 
ness of horses, and the accidents once in 
a while heard of, charged to bicyclers, is 
due to the negligence and stupidity of their 
drivers. 

It pays to be courteous to the policeman, 
and eke to the intoxicated traveler on the same 
road, but not too familiar with either. This 
part of the subject has been pursued far enough, 
however, to be suggestive; and, when all 
summed up, it only amounts to this, that a 
bicycler should be, on the road, as everywhere 
else, a gentleman. 

As of interest in connection with this chap- 
ter, I give here the road rules adopted and put 
forth by the Bicycle Union — see Foreign 
Summary — last summer as 


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RECOMMENDATIONS IN REGARD TO ROAD 

RACING. - 

1. It is desirable that a rider should at all 
times keep to the right-hand side of the road, 
even if no vehicle be in sight ; and riding on 
the foot-way should never be resorted to. The 
rules of the road should be strictly adhered to : 
i. e., in meeting any vehicle or rider, always 
keep to the right ; in overtaking anything 
which is going in the same direction as the 
rider pass to the left; but on meeting or pass- 
ing a led horse take that side of the road on 
which the man is who is leadinof the animal. 

'2. Under no circumstances should a rider 
pass on the wrong side of a vehicle, as, in the 
event of an accident he thereby renders him- 
self liable for damaofes. 

o 

3. Before overtaking any passenger on the 
road, a signal should be given, and whilst at a 
sufficient distance to allow such passenger time 
to look around before the rider passes. 

4. On no account pass between two riders 
when overtaking them ; riders, upon hearing a 
signal from any man Avishing to pass, should 
take close order to the right, and, if the road 
be narrow, take order in single file. 


ETIQUETTE OF THE ROAD. 99 

5. On forniiiig single from double file, the 
left-hand man should fall to the rear of his 
companion. 

6. In turning a corner the rider should 
moderate his pace, and should give a signal 
unless lie can see a sufficient distance ahead to 
be assured that no vehicle is near, and that no 
foot-passenger is crossing or about to cross. 

7. In turninof a corner care should be taken 
to leave sufficient room for any vehicle to pass 
on its own side, as some of the drivers are par- 
ticularly fond of swinging round a corner at a 
fast pace. 

8. Foot-passengers on the road should not 
be needlessly shouted at, but should be courte- 
ously warned, and be given a wide berth, es- 
pecially at crossings. 

9. Care should be taken by the bicyclist 
not to startle any horse by passing at a high 
rate of speed; and upon meeting one which 
shows signs of restiveness, a dismount should 
invariably be made if requested by the driver, 
and in as quiet a manner as possible ; it is^ 
however, frequently desirable to ride slowly by, 
speaking to the horse, as a sudden dismount 
might frighten the animal. 

10. The ground in front of a horse should 


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not b*e taken until the bicyclist is at least ten 
yards ahead. 

11. In company riding, — a — the leader on 
passing any one, should announce that others 
are folloAving. — h — Tlie leader should, at 
all times, give sufficient notice to allow those 
in the rear to slacken speed, before easing up 
himself. — c — When descending a hill, the 
machine should be kept thoroughly under con- 
trol, and riders should not rush past tliose pre- 
ceding them, with feet olf the pedals. 

12. For night riders, a lamp should be 
used to signify to other passengers the where- 
abouts of the bicyclist; and in frequented thor- 
oughfares warning should be given by bell, or 
in some noticeable manner of his otherwise 
noiseless approach. 

13. Two or more riders passing a carriage 
should both pass on the same side. 

14. When riding with ladies always let 
them go ahead in coasting. 



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BICYCLE is a vehi- 
cle or carriacfe and so 

O 

decided by the au- 
thorities : therefore, 

a bicycle has every 
privilege and is amenable to every law that a 
carriage or vehicle is. 

2. Drivers have no exclusive riofhts in the 
roads as against travellers by any other mode. 

3. The supreme law of the road is : Thou 
shalt use it so as to interfere as little as pos- 
sible with the ecpial right of any other person 
to use it at the same time ; and thou shalt be 
reasonably careful that no one suffer injury 
thereon by act or neglect of thine. 

4. To turn out to the rii^ht is a statute 
regulation everywhere in the United States. 

5. A bicycler is amenable for danger if, 
through his negligence or wrong doing, any- 



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one is injured^ — the same as if by any other 
earriao’e. 

6. Anyone who injures a bicycler or his 
machine^ wantonly, mischievously or mali- 
ciously, is a trespasser and liable criminally 
and civilly, 

7. Ordinances : Every city or large town 

has special rules for governing their own com- 
munity ; a great many of these are practically 
the same in any city, as 

(а) Regulation as regards speed, gen- 
erally understood not to be greater than five 
to eight miles an hour within the city’s business 
section. 

(б) No riding on the sidewalks. 

(c) In some cities all kinds of carriages 
and vehicles, except baby carriages, are pro- 
hibited in the Commons or Public Parks. 

It would be well for every wheelman, Avhen 
in a strange city or town, if he intends riding 
much, to look up the ordinances, as a great 
many places have special rules pertaining to 
certain features perhaps not necessary any- 
where else. 

8. A person has a right to ride on the 
sidewalk if 


RIGHTS OF WAY. 


103 


(а) There is so much travel on the street 
as to make it impassable. 

(б) Repairs are being madej rendering 
it impassable. 

(c) The streets are impassable because 
of mud, or any surface of danger to bicyclers. 

9. A person has a right to ride on private 
property if the street and sidewalks are impass- 
able for reasons as described in preceding sec- 
tion. 

10. Bells by day and lanterns at night are 
almost universally required in the ordinances 
of the cities and towns, and in the majority of 
places strictly enforced. 



IT IS NOT A DREAM, — A BICYCLING 

SKETCH. 

HEN the air grows keen^ when 
the roads get as rough as the 
bark of an old tree, when the 
clouds sink low, with that dull 
and threatenino^ tinp^e that 
even the gilding gleam of the sun’s reflection 
at their edges cannot lighten, what can the 
Avheelman do ? It is winter. The snow flies, 
the sleet cuts like steel teeth. It is then that 
he 23uts his feet on the mantel-piece and in his 
mind skims the earth on his Avheel, and tells 
Polly about it. 

Winter riding is not pleasant, in sj)ite of the 
assertions to the contrary of some that must be 
thinking of the fragrant and sunny South, 
where the bicyclist has the year on his string 
and may l^lay it and do Avith it as he jjleases. 
But to us of the North, Avheii the lieaA^y sky 
comes doAvn and covers us aa ith its chill, Avinter 
riding is not so j^leasant. There are, I believe, 

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IT IS NOT A DREAM. 


105 


reformed ” cyclists who have written ^^con- 
fessions’’ in which they tell us who are not 
reformed that when under the best conditions 
they have seemed to be gliding smoothly and 
with little effort^ every joint has been rattling 
and every tooth leaping in its socket. I think 
that unless the reformed ” were telling lies 
they had been experimenting with winter rid- 
ing, when the roads are as hard as the founda- 
tions of the earth and rough as the corduroy of 
a Southern swamp. It is plain prose this win- 
ter riding, and its grammar and rhetoric will 
not bear criticism. It is better to light the 
fire and your pipe, put your feet on the mantel- 
piece and travel the summer roads in a mental 
vision. In the curling smoke you may see the 
summer adventures and hear the summer winds. 

Then we can dream about the time when the 
cyclist with loving care wheels the machine 
through the alley and out of the front gate, 
with a wicked \Vish that some one miofht be 

o 

envying him his good luck in possessing such 
a treasure. He is not conceited nor self-con- 
scious beyond the majority of his fellows, but — 
you remember the beginning of a certain rider’s 
career, when he tried to seem bold, while 
his heart was making a lump in his throat with 


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fear of a disaster and liis hands grasped the 
vulcanite Avith frantic clutch. But that passes. 
The time always comes Avhen the Avheelman is 
like that classic Avoodchuck that sat under the 
tree Avliere he cared for nobody and nobody 
cared for he.” Then cheerfully he rides Avith 
holes in his knickerbockers^ a hat doAvn over 
his ears and shoes that have seen better 
days.” In spite of — Avell^ of Polly’s Avarn- 
ing that he is steering straight for a rag bag he 
goes Avith his Avheel and is hapjiy. 

From the darkened AvindoAV at midnight he 
peers to scan the sky and to ask^ What of the 
niofht ? He sets the alarm clock at an un- 
earthly hour and never complains of its clangor. 
In the tender light of the rising sun he creeps 
doAvn stairs, avoiding that squeaking board 
and that snapping step. He has no desire to 
hear : Good gracious. Are you after that 

foolishness ao'ain ?” So he locks the back door 
with superhuman stillness, and is free. The 
perverse gate hangs Avith a concussion that 
must shake the house : a glance at an upper 
AvindoAV shoAvs a ghostly figure, hut there too 
late to do any harm. The Avheelman is out. 
He is mounted. He is gone. 

Says the gamekeeper in the delightful book 


IT IS NOT A DREAM. 


107 


which Richard Jeffries has called The Game- 
keeper at home It’s indoors^ sir, as kills 
half the people : there isn’t anything like fresh 
air and the smell of the woods. The hedo^es 
and the grass is as sweet as sugar after a 
shower.” Bless the gamekeeper. He has 
found the note to which the wheelman thrills? 
the vibration of sympathy that stirs him. 

This cycling is said to be dangerous too. 
Yet it is seldom so to one’s anatomy, for an 
occassional ^Gieader ” will do that good by 
toughening it. A bicyclist can never be a 
' ^^ mollycoddle ” and therein should he felicitate 
himself. A fool can never ride a bicycle. 
Every rider knows that. The wheelman may 
be pale, and have furrows between his eye- 
brows, and a deep line on each side of his 
month, marks which he will outgrow, because 
it’s indoors, sir, that has half killed him be- 
fore he has won his machine. He has dreamed 
of it, worked for it, devoured it with his hun- 
gry eyes — and now he has it, but he has, too, 
a pallid face and some gray hairs in his mous- 
tache. But he in no way cares for these 
thing’s. Just now he is like that woodchuck 
that sat under the tree. 

Yet he suspects that in escaping an imagin- 


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ary danger he has run upon a real one^ for of 
the wheel he never gets enough until he is 
ready to fall off through sheer exhaustion. 
That is the dan2*erous attribute of the delio’ht- 
ful companion, and it is on this point that its 
enemies so loudly dilate, since in their opinion 
the happy owner is in danger of doing too 
much through the fascination of it all. Then 
he himself wakes to the fact, and is compelled 
to care for himself and for the wheel, and it 
is this judicious combination of recklessness 
and of careful treatment that lengthens the 
life of each. 

So the bicycle, through the very weakness 
that its enemies make so prominent, blesses 
him that rides it. Out of doors it takes him, 
into the open it takes him. It gives him puri- 
ty to breathe, and pure things to see, and 
sweet things to think, and adventures to dream 
about when the winter shuts him in, and 
pathetic little pictures to put into words for 
his friends. It shows him the poetry of life, 
it lays bare for him the longings of the small 
boy^s heart and the timid wishes of the little 
maid that he is leading by the hand along the 
country road. The wheelman sees the tender- 
ness of life, for he sweeps past so swiftly that 


IT IS NOT A DREAM. 


109 


the unconscious performers have no time to re- 
place their masks. It is the instantaneous 
view that he receives and treasures. Yet some- 
times the rain rains on hini^ and the mud 
splashes him between the shoulders. Tlie road 
hog ” curses him and the wayside brute calls 
out the dog. He rattles over a tin can and 
cuts his tire ; the wheel springs a stick into the 
air that perversely falls between the spokes and 
scrapes off some of the glittering enamel. He 
takes a header. He says a bad word or two 
and is ashamed of himself. But it is all the 
same in the end : the mishaps are forgotten, 
the happiness remains, and the wheelman’s 
summer life is worth living, and his winter’s 
pleasure is in living the summer over again. 

It is, after all, the point of view that gives 
the picture its charm. The artist selects it 
with care, and has the disadvantage of an im- 
movable scene. The wheelman does better. 
His picture is a panorama. It seems to ad- 
vance : it is brouo’ht to him in its natural size 
and alive : it is at times still life, yet it is as 
often full of activity. It is his point of view 
which chana*es and moves and makes his scenes 
so delightful. 

o 

Nothing comes amiss to him. He accepts 


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TOUAVS'rS’ MANUAL. 


all that is offered, from the approving smile of 
the pretty girl to the sour looks and the worse 
then sour words of the country boor. The 
wheelman’s world as he rides is a promiscuous 
one, hut his compensation is that he is out of 
doors. There is nothing like fresh air and 
the smell of the woods. The hedges and the 
o’rass are as sweet as siiofar after a shower.” 

c? O 

It is the perfume and the delight of the by- 
ways and of the lanes : of even the dusty 
roads and of the weary hills : of the placid 
streams and the summer sea : of the daylight 
and the starlight : it is out of doors, out of 
doors, out of doors. The warm sunshine 
which enwraps him, the s^^icy breezes that come 
sweeping to him over the fields and the mead- 
ows, and the rippling waters that swirl under 
the planks as he and his Avheel rumble across 
the bridges, are all for him. It is his motion 
and the movement of the thinofs about him 
that are so stirring to his blood and so stimul- 
ating to his mind, and, best of all, so exhil- 
arating to his body. I sing the bicycle and 
the man that from the shores of city gutters 
leaps to the saddle with Avordless glee because 
the toils of the day are done and he has the 
world to roam in, while its thoughtless dwellers 


It is not a dream. 


111 


may forget him \l they will., as he for a time 
is willino- to foro’et them. 

The wheelman is a different beino’ in the 

O 

saddle of his obedient machine from what he 
is as he trudges alona- the city’s dirty streets. 
On the bicycle he flies, he siiio^s, he shouts till 
the country people look from tlieir windows to 
see a madman rush by. 

No, no, Polly. I haye not yet talked 
enough. Put that cushion under my head^ 
won’t you, Polly dear?” With my feet on 
the mantel-piece I sit on my shoulderblades. 

The cushion, Polly, please.” 

Polly has gone. It doesn’t matter : now I 
can put on another liickory stick. The rain 
dashes aofainst the olass. A handful of hail 
tinkles on the panes. The wind moans in the 
chimney throat. It is Ayinter, but the bicyclist 
can ride in a summer memory. It is dark, but 
he can ride in a summer light that neyer can^ 
grow dull nor dim. With his blood leaping 
through eyery yein, tlirobl)ing fast and throb- 
bing faster Avith eyery turn of the Avheel and 
tingeing his pale cheeks, he rides. Eyery muscle 
plays sure and swift, and obeys the command 
of the happy brain Avith not a moment’s hesi- 
tation or a moment’s reluctance. What more 


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could lie ask ? Let the sleet beat on the slates 
if it will — who cares ? 

Although the bicycle is becoming so com- 
mon a means of progression it is not yet so 
familiar in country places as to be seen Avithout 
some emotion. When riding into the far 
country on a summer day it is a common ex- 
perience to hear a voice^ the voice of the small 
boy especially, cry as the Avheel skims silently 
by the farm-yard gate^ There goes a bicycle : 
look, look;” and an answering Where?” 
in a deeper but no less interested a tone. To 
the small boy it is ever a blissful sight. • With 
him the thought of possessing a bicycle is the 
acme of earthly delight. I once told a friend 
that with a bicycle and a pleasant Avord the 
vicious animal ” as Plato called hini^ could 
be tamed in a moment and converted into a 
faithful ally. He so doubted it that he re- 
^ solved to make the experiment and did so^ but 
Avith the essential requisite of success omitted. 
He made the trial from a back seat of a car- 
riage. Welt my little man/’ he said to the 
bare-footed urchin trudging along the sandy 
road^ ^Mioav do you do to-day?” Just as I 
durned jdease/’ came through the summer air 
in a tone that ended all further conversation. 


IT IS XOT A DREAM, 


113 


That greeting was too condescending. 

Hello. How-de-do ? How’s everything to- 
day ? ” would have come nearer touching the 
small boy’s hearty and with a sight of the de- 
lectable bicycle the change in that heart would 
have been complete. A buggy can have no 
softening effect. Never but once have I failed 
in an experiment on a country boy with the 
bicycle^ and this wicked fellow’s reply to my 
greeting from the saddle was : Yah, you spid- 

er-legged, curly-headed monkey.” An answer 
that filled me with delight because it was so 
accurate. With the small boy of the city 
street failure is pretty certain, for he seems to 
belong to a different species from him of the 
country. When I had these experiments on 
hand, I once spoke not to a certain city speci- 
men blit touched the visor of my cap Avith a 
cordial gesture. What was my dismay to hear: 

0 Jimmy, see the old sport ! ” 

Next to the pleasure of making these exper- 
iments on the small boy, perhaps the greatest 
enjoyment for the Avheelnian riding alone is to 
overtake a carriage and its occupants that are 
quietly jogging over the road, to pedal along 
with them for a short time to show them that 
you could if you Avould, and then do it. With 


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TOURISTS^ manual. 


a clash pass hy, and leave the carriage behind. 

Notliing seems so to surjirise the average 
driver as to liave this experience. It increases 
liis appreciation of the bicycle^ and enlarges 
his mind hy giving him something above pota- 
toes to think about and to describe when lie 
o'ets home. It is not a rare thino: to he chal- 
leno'ed to a race hy a driver wlio has the confi- 
deuce of his convictions^ and to the wheelman 
there can scarcely be taste of greater delight 
than to let out with one’s liest muscles and to 
beat that confident man. 

Although the liicyclist may be Avorking for 
all that his muscles are worthy and the machine 
responding Avith all its good AAdll, the horse 
may gain the advantage^ yet the Avheelmaii has 
the excuse ; Of course you couldn’t expect 
me to beat you on such a road as this.” The 
road is alAA^ays open to condemnatioip and usu- 
ally deserves it. But this little experience in 
racing Avith the sole object of doing something 
that he seems not to think of intending to do^ 
is one of the o’ood thinofs in the life of the 

O O 

Avheelman avIio rides alone into the countrv. 
It may be that if he opened his mouth he 
Avould pant like a thirsty dogy and it may be 
only by the greatest effort that he jirctends to 


IT IS NOT A DREAM. 


115 


be enjoying the necessity of panting through 
his nostrils ; streams may be trickling clown his 
spinal column, and his legs may be about ready 
to stop from utter inability to move, yet with 
a single spurt he may beat that horse, and then 
it will be time to dismount to oil the machine, 
and to jiretend that his efforts have disrupted 
some of his buttons. 

All this, to make the fun complete, should 
be done witliout a sinMe oflance of recognition 
toward the carriage or its occupants. You can 
see from the corner of your eyes that you are 
the victor, and refusing to make a sign or to 
show that you have been conscious of the 
struggle adds to the bliss of the moment and 
increases the astonishment of the carriao^e folk. 
Good gracious. If lie did that without try- 
ing, what would he have done if he had really 
raced with us?” 

But perhaps in this sport the very acme of 
delicious experience comes when the wheelman 
can overtake a staid old nag driven by a 
woman. She should be alone. Then as he 
comes quietly up behind the outfit of buggy 
and old horse, and countrywoman with an am- 
bition, the sport begins, and if the bicyclist 
can keep his seat, notwithstanding his inward 


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TOURISTS^ MANUAL. 


laughter, he will have a joyous moment or two. 
To look at her, to appear to notice her, is to 
break the charm and disclose the rider’s pur- 
pose. Keep on the power or gradually in- 
crease it, and out of the sides of your eyes 
you will see the woman’s arms begin to trem- 
ble. She separates the lines even wider apart 
than usual ; she leans forward and looks at the 
apparently unconscious wheelman ; she slips 
forward to the edge of the seat, and you can 
see her hands tremhlino^ and the ribbons on her 
bonnet quivering in anxiety. She slaps the 
unhappy horse with the reins, and gets pale, 
and flushes and grows pale again. The old 
nag is doing his best ; now is the time, Avicked 
wheelman : let yourself out ! Aha, she is a 
dozen yards in the rear, and as you pass, ap- 
parently without effort, you hear her say : 

Oh, pshaw ! them bicycles ! ” 

Here Polly gave the fire a Avhack Avith the 
poker. 

Do you mean to say that that is one of the 
abominable things that you do Avhen you are 
riding? You should be ashamed of yourself.” 
^^No, Polly, never, never. A polite Avheel- 
man Avould neA^er do an obnoxious thing like 
that. It is only those depraved fellows of the 


IT IS NOT A DREAM. 


117 


baser sort who have no conscience and no sym- 
pathy^ that are guilty of such conduct. But, 
however, for us good wheelmen it is always a 
temptation.” 

Polly put another hickory stick on the fire. 
She said nothing, but she seemed to be think- 
ing violently. 





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All 


Keep 


Dealers 


Them 


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They will satisfy you, and please your friends. 

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CIGAR 

IN THE 

M ARKET 


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Bicycle Watches 


//!/ STEEL CASES WITH DAY 
AND MONTH INDEX AND 
CHANGESOF MOON. A NOV- 
ELTY AT MODERATE COST. 


SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW CO,. 

Tremont, cor. West St., 
BOSTON. 


PRIZES for BICYCLE 

TOURNAMENTS. 


In. Sterling Silver and Elerdro Plate. 
De.dgn.'i and Esti mates Earnished . 


CORRESPOXDSN’CE )1.K i rKlJ. 


Shreve, Crump & Low Co., 

.V(-;i;n']s oi-' the 


CORHAM MAN’F’C CO. 



HENRY H. TUTTLE SCO., 



Bicycle and Tennis Slioes, 

IK KIKK.KKO IVIEDIU>vl GRADES. 


HENRY H. TUTTLE & CO. 





‘‘THE FASHIONABLE CORSET SUBSTITUTE.^' 

EQUIPOISE 



The best thbiff fov Lcultj Cf/e/ists to 
ireav^ when riding. 

If not sold in gonr cltg^ gon can 
order from tis bg nialf withont extra 
expense, 

BEORGE FROST COMPANY, 

31 Bedford Street, 

BOSTON, . . . MASS. 




(SloLUMBUS : "^K^venue, ; xdoston. 


J. G. COOPER. 


One of the best places in Boston to patronize. 

Prices reasonable, wheels cared for while luncheon is served. 

$6 Tickets for $5. 


J. G. COOPER. 


H()Ti:f. ANSONIA, 


XIUV BiriTAIX, coxx. 


Rates $2,b0 per day. 


MANSION HOl'SE, 


MILFOR]). MASB. 


Rates $2,50 per day, 


A:\IEm(\AN tiOUSE, 

LOXELL. .MASS. 

F. E. SI I AW, rroprietor. 

Rates $2.50 per day. 


AVOODLAWN PAEK HOTEL, 

A i AJ i:i!,AA)ALE. MASS. 


J. II. LEE, Proprietor. 


FIRE, ACCIDENT, EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY, 
General Liability, Elevator, Boiler Explosion, 
Cyclone, Tornado, Plate Glass, Transportation 

INSURANCE, 

JOHN C. PAIGE, 

20 Kilby St., Boston. 







Sailors 


488 Wcishincitoii Street, Boston, 


(Nearly opposite Temple Place.) 


^11 E testimonials received from clubs and ri- 
ders is the best guarantee that all who mav 
favor us with a call will be satisfied with their 


treatment. 


BOSTON MAP STORE. 

DAMRELL & UPHAM, 

DE.M.EKS IN 

ilTaps, Btla.-scs anti Cuiiic iJooU.s, 

2S3 Washixgtox vSrRi-:KT. 


OUR ASSOR'l'MEXl' of Map.s and Atlases is tlie largest in New England, 
and includes 

Mounted Maps for Offices and Libraries, 

AS WELL AS 

Pocket Maps for Wheelmen and Tourists. 

Pocket Maps of the United .States, as well as Special Map.s of each state. 
Maps op' Each County in the State, folded for the pocket, each, 75 cents. 
Map.s of the country around P>oston, covering about thirty miles XoTth 


and South of Pjoston, in sheets, - - - - - i ()o 

( )n Cloth, to hang up, - - - - - - - 30a 

On Cloth, to fold up, - - - - - - - 3 OO' 

A smaller size, covering about half the distance, in pocket form, - 50 


A;iy Map, Atlas or Guide Book uot in stock will he obtained at short notice. 


Snap Sliot^ 

WITH THZ 

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OR WATERBURY HAND CAMERA. 


Eihiis, Plates, I^aper, etc. 


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HOROAN. ROBRV cN CO 


Successors to C. H. Codman Co., 

34 BROMFIELD STREET, 




LAMSON’S 

No. 5 Tourist’s 

Luggage 

Carrier 


“ Every member of 
our European Tour of 
’qi used one of tliese 
Carriers, and ei^eryotie 
proved perfectly satis- 
factory f 

E. A. Elwell. 


Lamson’s No. 5 Carrier, $3.50, Pat. May 16, 1891. 

OTHER LIGHTER CARRIERS. 

No. T, $1.00. No. 4, $1.25. No. 4, double, $i .50 
Send for circulars to C. H, Lamson. 203 Middle St., Portland,. Me 

Every Cycle Tourist .should join the League of American 
Wlieelmen and wear one of the Gold Badges, Price, $2.00 to 
,$5 00 and upwards. .Send for catalogue and buy a Badge of 
C. H. Ba.m.son, Inventor of the 1 .. A. W. Itadge and only au- 
thorized distributor of the same, 203 .Middle St., Portland, Ale. 



Taylor's Hat Store, 

Qorijer jHa^ouer aijd Qourt streets. 

BOSTON. 



We respectfully call attention to our large and varied 
stock of Hats, Caps, Gloves, Trunks and Bags. Honest 
merchandise at a fair profit. 


One Price to all. 



TOURISTS 


And Wheelmen, when in Boston, should call at our 
store. All the leading Daily Papers and Bicycle Pa- 
pers. Illustrated Weeklies and Monthly ^Magazines kept 
on hie, a register for names, a place to write with mate- 
rials in abundance. In addition we will show you the 
hnest bicycle building in the world, and, most impor- 
tant of all, a line of the best bicycles made — 'the 

CoLUMl’.IAS. 

POPK IVlPGr. CO., 

Cohf mJnfs Aiu'ntu'. 


Ingalls & Kendricken, 

Manufacturers of High or Low Pressure^ Self Regn- 
lating Steam- Heating A pparatiis^ fr warming and ventil- 
ating Dwelling Houses^ Public Buildings, Hospitals, 
Schools Houses, Railroad Stations, Mills, Etc. 


Office and Manufactory , 



S2 SUDBl'RY STREET, 


y. A. l.VGALLS. 


BOS TO. y. 


/>. //. k'EXDKKKE.V. 


SOME HINTS TO TOURISTS. 


NE of the first things to be considered, when going nn a tour. 


is “what ye shall eat, what ye shall drink and wherewithal 
ye shall be clothed.” 

You mav call for a grain of salt with anv advice which tells vou 
to take no thought as to the al)ove, especially if it comes from an 
uninspired source. 

If you intend to make your tour on a bicycle and you have not 
already become enamored of a particular make, the following advice 
may not be amiss. Certainly it will be worth all it costs, though to 
lie frank with you, 1 don’t mind admitting that “ it is more blessed 
to give than to receive.” 

You will find all makers and dealers unanimous on a single })oint, 
we want your money (at first I wrote “they,” but not wanting to 
make the E. H. Co. jealous, I changed it to “we ”). 

All 7HHst offer you in exchange for your large round “simoleons” 
the kind of a bicvcle thev have on hand. 

If your tour is a long one you must try and get a bicycle that will 
last until you get home, and if perchance there is enough left of it 
to. sell you may get enough out of it to help you buy one of the 
new 93 pattern, which every maker it supposed to bring out. 

Bicycle manufacturers are ilivided into two general classes; first, 
those who make wheels of hickory; and, second, those who think 
they may have to in the not far distant future. 

Whether you decide to buy a Hickory bicycle or a steel one; 
whether you prefer the larger wheel in front or behind ; whether 
vou must have ball bearings or some other; buv vour wheel for its 
intrinsic merit; buy it for the honesty of purpose that is behind it; 
buy it for the hard work you may want to get out of it; buy it as 
vou would butter. Don’t consider anvthing but the best. 

1 don’t know that I would be permitted in an article of this kind 
to mention anv names, but if vou want to know what bicvcle to tie 
up to, and you will cpiietly drop me a line, directed to Xewton, Mass., 
1 might be able (as I certainly am willing) to give you a “ pointer.” 



STERLiNii Elliott. 


B. S. Please let me know how you enjoy your tour. 


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